The 2004 contest was held in the Abdi Ipekci Arena, with the first ever semi-final held on 12 May, followed by the final on 15 May. After Erener's victory (with the exception of the 2004 and 2005 contest), Turkish entries to the contest were picked internally. Turkey had always qualified for the final (except for the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf) since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004 and always reached the top ten, except in and . From 2000, Turkey had seven songs sung in English and four sung in both English and Turkish, with just three (, and ) songs sung entirely in Turkish.