Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
Contestants
Table key Notes: The 1979 Contest was held in the Israeli capital Jerusalem. In the beginning TRT selected an entry via a national final but the Arab countries (which are the Eastern neighbours of Turkey) compelled the government withdraw from the Contest because of Arabs state of war with the host country, Israel.

Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Section Title: Contestants
Table Section Text: Table key Notes: The 1979 Contest was held in the Israeli capital Jerusalem. In the beginning TRT selected an entry via a national final but the Arab countries (which are the Eastern neighbours of Turkey) compelled the government withdraw from the Contest because of Arabs state of war with the host country, Israel.

Year	Artist	Language	Title	Final	Points	Semi	Points

1975	Semiha Yankı	Turkish	"Seninle Bir Dakika"	19	3	No semi-finals

Did not participate between 1976 and 1977

1978	Nilüfer and Grup Nazar	Turkish	"Sevince"	18	2

1979	Maria Rita Epik and 21. Peron	Turkish	"Seviyorum"	Withdrew

1980	Ajda Pekkan	Turkish	"Petrol"	15	23

1981	Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül	Turkish	"Dönme Dolap"	18	9

1982	Neco	Turkish	"Hani?"	15	20

1983	Çetin Alp and The Short Waves	Turkish	"Opera"	19	0

1984	Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra	Turkish	"Halay"	12	37

1985	MFÖ	Turkish	"Diday diday day"	14	36

1986	Klips ve Onlar	Turkish	"Halley"	9	53

1987	Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif	Turkish	"Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne"	22	0

1988	MFÖ	Turkish	"Sufi"	15	37

1989	Pan	Turkish	"Bana Bana"	21	5

1990	Kayahan	Turkish	"Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim"	17	21

1991	İzel, Reyhan and Can	Turkish	"İki Dakika"	12	44

1992	Aylin Vatankoş	Turkish	"Yaz Bitti"	19	17

1993	Burak Aydos	Turkish	"Esmer Yarim"	21	10

1994	Did not participate

1995	Arzu Ece	Turkish	"Sev"	16	21

1996	Şebnem Paker	Turkish	"Beşinci Mevsim"	12	57	7	69

1997	Şebnem Paker and Grup Etnik	Turkish	"Dinle"	3	121	No semi-finals

1998	Tüzmen	Turkish	"Unutamazsın"	14	25

1999	Tuba Önal	Turkish	"Dön Artık"	16	21

2000	Pınar Ayhan and Grup SOS	Turkish, English	"Yorgunum Anla"	10	59

2001	Sedat Yüce	Turkish, English	"Sevgiliye Son"	11	41

2002	Buket Bengisu	Turkish, English	"Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde"	16	29

2003	Sertab Erener	English	"Everyway That I Can"	1	167

2004	Athena	English	"For Real"	4	195	Host country

2005	Gülseren	Turkish	"Rimi Rimi Ley"	13	92	Top 12 Previous Year

2006	Sibel Tüzün	Turkish, English	"Süperstar"	11	91	8	91

2007	Kenan Doğulu	English	"Shake It Up Şekerim"	4	163	3	197

2008	Mor ve Ötesi	Turkish	"Deli"	7	138	7	85

2009	Hadise	English	"Düm Tek Tek"	4	177	2	172

2010	maNga	English	"We Could Be the Same"	2	170	1	118

2011	Yüksek Sadakat	English	"Live It Up"	Failed to qualify	14	47

2012	Can Bonomo	English	"Love Me Back"	7	112	5	80

Did not participate from 2013 to 2019

Sentence(s)

In 1980, Ajda Pekkan's "Petrol" in Turkish was selected by TRT through a national final.

final_sentence: In 1980, Ajda Pekkan's "Petrol" in Turkish was selected by TRT through a national final.