The Fenerbahce midfielder Raul Meireles has had his 11-match ban reduced to four matches on appeal, the club have confirmed.
The former Chelsea player was banned after being accused of spitting at the referee after his red card in the Istanbul derby with Galatasaray.
But the Turkish Football Federation's disciplinary committee ruled the Portugal international did not deliberately spit at Halis Ozkahya.
It said it was "physically impossible" for him to have spat as he berated the referee for his sending-off as he was speaking throughout the incident.
The 29-year-old will still have to serve a four-game ban for verbally abusing the referee. Meireles, who joined Fenerbahce from Chelsea in the summer, had vehemently denied the accusations and vowed to prove his innocence.
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