Kiwi golfer rises in Turkey Open as Aussie slips

The Italian shot five birdies to reach seven-under, one clear of a four-strong group.

De Leo then revealed his late arrival in Turkey had prevented him from playing out the course in advance.

"It's kind of tricky because I got here on Wednesday, so I didn't even have a practice round," he said.

"I didn't know how the course was playing so I'm really glad that my caddy Adam helped me out.

"He was driving me around the course because I didn't know anything about it. But it has worked out.

Joining Kobori on six-under are England's Sam Bairstow, Sweden's Jens Dantorp and Spaniard Alejandro del Rey.

Smylie is equal 23rd on -2 with David Micheluzzi, the other Australian in the field at Antalya, one-over after also shooting a 73.