Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest | |
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Participating broadcaster | Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) |
Participation summary | |
Appearances | 34 (33 finals) |
First appearance | 1975 |
Last appearance | 2012 |
Highest placement | 1st: 2003 |
Host | 2004 |
External links | |
Turkey's page at Eurovision.tv | |
For the most recent participation see Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 |
Turkey has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 34 times since its debut in 1975. Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Turkey has only failed to qualify for the final once, in 2011. Turkey won the contest once in 2003, and hosted the 2004 contest in Istanbul.
Turkey finished last on its debut at the contest in
The Turkish broadcaster TRT announced in December 2012 that it would not participate in the 2013 contest, citing dissatisfaction with the rules of the competition.[1] 2013 was the first time since 1973 that there was no television broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest on TRT. The country has not returned to the contest since.[2][3]
History
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation involvement in the Eurovision Song Contest
The national broadcasting service of Turkey, the
TRT televised the Eurovision Song Contest between 1973 and 2012, even during years in which Turkey was not participating in the contest.
1970s
Turkey made its debut at the
In
Turkey did not take part in the contest again until
The 1979 contest was held in Jerusalem. The Turkish entry selected was "Seviyorum" ("I'm in love") by Maria Rita Epik. However, Turkey withdrew from the contest due to pressure from neighboring Arab countries to do so, which arose from the ongoing controversy regarding the status of Jerusalem.
1980s
Turkey participated in the Eurovision Song Contest consistently throughout the 1980s. In
Turkey had their best result (until 1997) in the
1990s
The contest's popularity in Turkey suffered after Kayahan, one of the most famous singers in the country, placed 17th out of 22 participating countries with 21 points. After Kayahan's poor result, Turkey's Eurovision entrants were mostly unknown or amateur singers until 2003.
After the free language rule was re-introduced in 1999, the first Turkish entry to be partially sung in English was at the 2000 contest. The same year, Turkey reached the top 10 for a third since 1986, finishing tenth.
2000s and 2010s
In the late 1990s to early 2000s, the contest became one of the most popular events in Turkey as a result of the participation of other Central and Eastern European countries, and Sertab Erener's win in 2003 with the song "Everyway That I Can". Following the introduction of televoting in 1998, (initially trialed in 1997 and first implemented in Turkey in 2003), Turkey went on to achieve eight top 10 results in the contest.
"Everyway That I Can" was the first Turkish entry in the contest to be sung completely in English. TRT selected the entry through an internal selection mainly organised by OGAE Turkey.
The 2004 contest was held in the
Along with Greece, Turkey brought the contest a new outlook with flashy stage performances and dresses alongside their oriental/Mediterranean-flavoured pop music acts (Sertab Erener,
Withdrawal
TRT announced that it would not participate in the 2013 contest on 14 December 2012, citing dissatisfaction with the rules of the competition.[1] TRT specifically cited changes to the voting system, in which a jury was introduced and the televote's influence was decreased to 50%.[7][8][9]
Turkey has not participated in or broadcast the contest since 2013.[10][11][12] In August 2018, İbrahim Eren, the Director-General of TRT, stated that TRT does not plan to return to the contest and break the boycott for various reasons, citing Conchita Wurst's participation and eventual victory in 2014.[13][14]
In June 2021, it was confirmed by both the EBU and Eren that they were in talks about the country potentially returning to the contest in the future.[15] Despite this, Turkey was not on the final list of participants for the 2022 contest, published in October 2021.[16]
Participation overview
1 | First place |
2 | Second place |
3 | Third place |
◁ | Last place |
X | Entry selected but did not compete |
Year | Artist | Song | Language | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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1975 | Semiha Yankı | " Seninle Bir Dakika "
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Turkish | 19 ◁ | 3 | No semi-finals | |
1978 | Nilüfer and Nazar | " Sevince "
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Turkish | 18 | 2 | ||
1979 | Maria Rita Epik and 21. Peron | "Seviyorum" | Turkish | Withdrawn X | |||
1980 | Ajda Pekkan | " Pet'r Oil "
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Turkish | 15 | 23 | ||
1981 | Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül | " Dönme Dolap "
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Turkish | 18 | 9 | ||
1982 | Neco | " Hani? "
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Turkish | 15 | 20 | ||
1983 | Çetin Alp and the Short Waves | " Opera "
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Turkish | 19 ◁ | 0 | ||
1984 | Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra | " Halay "
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Turkish | 12 | 37 | ||
1985 | MFÖ | " Didai didai dai "
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Turkish | 14 | 36 | ||
1986 | Klips ve Onlar | " Halley "
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Turkish | 9 | 53 | ||
1987 | Seyyal Taner and Grup Lokomotif | " Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne "
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Turkish | 22 ◁ | 0 | ||
1988 | MFÖ | " Sufi (Hey Ya Hey) "
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Turkish | 15 | 37 | ||
1989 | Pan | " Bana Bana "
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Turkish | 21 | 5 | ||
1990 | Kayahan | " Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim "
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Turkish | 17 | 21 | ||
1991 | Can Uğurluer, Reyhan Karaca and İzel Çeliköz | " İki Dakika "
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Turkish | 12 | 44 | ||
1992 | Aylin Vatankoş | " Yaz Bitti "
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Turkish | 19 | 17 | ||
1993 | Burak Aydos, Öztürk Baybora and Serter | " Esmer Yarim "
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Turkish | 21 | 10 | Kvalifikacija za Millstreet | |
1995 | Arzu Ece | " Sev! "
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Turkish | 16 | 21 | No semi-finals | |
1996 | Şebnem Paker | " Beşinci Mevsim "
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Turkish | 12 | 57 | 7 | 69 |
1997 | Şebnem Paker and Grup Etnik | " Dinle "
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Turkish | 3 | 121 | No semi-finals | |
1998 | Tüzmen | " Unutamazsın "
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Turkish | 14 | 25 | ||
1999 | Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik | " Dön Artık "
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Turkish | 16 | 21 | ||
2000 | Pınar and the S.O.S. | " Yorgunum Anla "
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Turkish, English | 10 | 59 | ||
2001 | Sedat Yüce | " Sevgiliye Son "
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Turkish, English | 11 | 41 | ||
2002 | Buket Bengisu and Group Safir
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" Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde "
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Turkish, English | 16 | 29 | ||
2003 | Sertab Erener | "Everyway That I Can" | English | 1 | 167 | ||
2004 | Athena | " For Real "
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English | 4 | 195 | Host country | |
2005 | Gülseren and Shaman | " Rimi Rimi Ley "
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Turkish | 13 | 92 | Top 12 in 2004 final[a] | |
2006 | Sibel Tüzün | " Süper Star "
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Turkish[b] | 11 | 91 | 8 | 91 |
2007 | Kenan Doğulu | " Shake It Up Şekerim "
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English | 4 | 163 | 3 | 197 |
2008 | Mor ve Ötesi
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" Deli "
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Turkish | 7 | 138 | 7 | 85 |
2009 | Hadise | "Düm Tek Tek" | English | 4 | 177 | 2 | 172 |
2010 | Manga | "We Could Be the Same" | English | 2 | 170 | 1 | 118 |
2011 | Yüksek Sadakat | " Live It Up "
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English | Failed to qualify | 13 | 47 | |
2012 | Can Bonomo | " Love Me Back "
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English | 7 | 112 | 5 | 80 |
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest
Artist | Song | Language | At Congratulations | At Eurovision | |||||
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Final | Points | Semi | Points | Year | Place | Points | |||
Sertab Erener | "Everyway That I Can" | English | Failed to qualify | 9 | 104 | 2003 | 1 | 167 |
Hostings
Year | Location | Venue | Presenters |
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2004 | Istanbul | Abdi İpekçi Arena | Korhan Abay and Meltem Cumbul |
Awards
Marcel Bezençon Awards
Year | Category | Song | Performer | Final | Points | Host city |
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2003 | Press Award | "Everyway That I Can" | Sertab Erener | 1 | 167 | Riga |
Conductors
Year | Conductor[c] | Notes | Ref. |
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1975 | Timur Selçuk | [17] | |
1978 | Onno Tunç | ||
1979 | Tuğrul Karataş | [d] | |
1980 | Atilla Özdemiroğlu
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[18] | |
1981 | Onno Tunç | ||
1982 | Garo Mafyan | ||
1983 | Buğra Uğur | ||
1984 | Selçuk Başar | ||
1985 | Garo Mafyan | ||
1986 | Melih Kibar | ||
1987 | Garo Mafyan | ||
1988 | Turhan Yükseler | ||
1989 | Timur Selçuk | ||
1990 | Ümit Eroğlu | ||
1991 | Turhan Yükseler | ||
1992 | Aydın Özarı | ||
1993 | No conductor | ||
1995 | Melih Kibar | ||
1996 | Levent Çoker | ||
1997 | |||
1998 | Ümit Eroğlu |
Commentators and spokespersons
Prior to 2012 every contest Turkey had taken part in had always been commentated on by Turkish television presenter Bülend Özveren, with the exception of 1982–1985, 1990–1991, 1998–2001 and 2007. In addition Özveren also co-commentated the contest in 1979, 2004, 2011 and 2012. Out of the 38 years Turkey have broadcast the event Özveren has commentated on 29 of them making him 9 years short of being the contest's longest commentator.
Year | Commentator | Spokesperson | Ref. |
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1973 | Bülend Özveren | Did not participate | |
1974 | |||
1975 | Bülent Osma | ||
1976 | Did not participate | ||
1977 | |||
1978 | Meral Savcı | ||
1979 | Did not participate | ||
1980 | Başak Doğru | ||
1981 | |||
1982 | Ümit Tunçağ | ||
1983 | Başak Doğru | Fatih Orbay | |
1984 | |||
1985 | |||
1986 | Gülgün Feyman | Ümit Tunçağ | |
1987 | Canan Kumbasar | ||
1988 | Bülend Özveren | ||
1989 | |||
1990 | Başak Doğru | Korhan Abay | |
1991 | Canan Kumbasar | ||
1992 | Bülend Özveren | Korhan Abay | |
1993 | Ömer Önder | ||
1994 | Did not participate | ||
1995 | Ömer Önder | ||
1996 | |||
1997 | |||
1998 | Ömer Önder | Osman Erkan | |
1999 | Gülşah Banda | ||
2000 | Ömer Önder | ||
2001 | Meltem Ersan Yazgan | ||
2002 | Bülend Özveren | ||
2003 | |||
2004 | Didem Tolunay and Bülend Özveren | ||
2005 | Bülend Özveren | ||
2006 | |||
2007 | Hakan Urgancı | ||
2008 | Bülend Özveren | ||
2009 | |||
2010 | |||
2011 | Bülend Özveren and Erhan Konuk | Ömer Önder | |
2012 | |||
2013–2024 | No broadcast | Did not participate |
Photogallery
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Sertab Erener in the opening of the 2004 contest.
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Kenan Doğulu in Helsinki (2007)
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Mor ve Ötesi in Belgrade (2008)
See also
Notes
- Big Fourcountries from the previous year along with the Big Four automatically qualified for the Grand Final without having to compete in semi-finals. For example, if Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the 11th and 12th spots were advanced to next year's Grand Final along with all countries ranked in the top ten.
- ^ The song was performed entirely in Turkish in the semi-final, and with an English chorus in the final.
- ^ All conductors are of Turkish nationality unless otherwise noted.
- ^ Karataş was announced as the Turkish conductor prior to their withdrawal.
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