The winners earned a berth in the play-off round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

The group stage matches that were contested between 2005 and 2011 returned as a round-robin tournament.

5 teams from Süper Lig, that are playing in European competitions (namely, Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Trabzonspor, Bursaspor and Eskişehirspor) joined the 27 winners from third round.

32 teams competed for the fifth round and a seeding procedure was underway.

16 winners of the fourth round played against each other for the last 8 spots for the group stage.

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.