Tuva () or Tyva (), officially the Tyva Republic (; , "Tyva Respublika", ), is a federal subject of Russia (a republic, also defined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation as a state). Tuva has competed in the Turkvision Song Contest twice. The contest is an annual song contest created by Turkish music channel TMB TV. It was inspired by the format of the Eurovision Song Contest and the first edition took place in Eskişehir, Turkey. The semi-final was held on 19 December 2013, with the grand final taking place on 21 December 2013. Participants representing Tuva entered the semi-finals in the 2013 and 2014 iterations of the contest, but no participants from Tuva entered in 2015. They returned to the contest in 2020.