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Round and draw dates

First round

In the first round, 32 teams from the

and 54 teams from the

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played in a one-legged knockout tournament. The 43 winners advanced to the second round. The draw for the first round took place on 14 September 2012 at 14:30 (

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broadcast the draw live on television.

Second round

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, 12 teams from the

played matches against 43 winners from the first round. Also 22 teams from

played against each other. 54 winners in this round advanced to the third round.

Third round

54 winners of the second round played against each other. 27 winners advanced to the fourth round.

Fourth round

5 teams from

, that are playing in European competitions (namely, Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe,

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) joined the 27 winners from third round. 32 teams competed for the fifth round and a seeding procedure was underway. Matches were played in first team's home ground. 16 teams advanced to the fifth round.

Fifth round

The draw for the fifth round was on 6 December 2012. 16 winners of the fourth round played against each other for the last 8 spots for the group stage. The matches took place on 11–13 December 2012.

Group stage

8 winners from the fifth and the last qualifying round were split into two groups of 4 teams. This stage was a

with home and away matches, in the vein of UEFA European competitions' group stages. The winners and runners-up of the two groups advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Group B

Bracket

Semi-finals

Winner of the first group was drawn against runners-up of the second group. Also the winners of the second group played against runners-up of the first group. The matches were contested as two-legged ties with home and away matches. The runners-up played the first match in their home ground. The winners of the two legs played in the

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First leg

Second leg

Final

The final was contested in a neutral ground as a one-off match. The winners were awarded 50 medals per club along with the Turkish Cup trophy.