Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991

Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Participating broadcaster	Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	15. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	9 March 1991
Selected artist(s)	İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca, and Can Uğurluer
Selected song	"İki Dakika"
Selected songwriter(s)	Şevket Uğurluer; Aysel Gürel;
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 44 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "İki Dakika", composed by Şevket Uğurluer, with lyrics by Aysel Gürel, and performed by İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca, and Can Uğurluer. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

15. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 9 March 1991 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren. Fourteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries.^[1] ^[2]

Final – 9 March 1991
Draw	Artist	Song	Lyricist	Composer	Points	Place
1	İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca & Can Uğurluer	"İki Dakika"	Aysel Gürel	Şevket Uğurluer	68	1
2	Cenk Sökmen	"Öyle Bir Dünya"	Aysel Gürel	Selçuk Başar	26	10
3	Şebnem Özsaran	"Yalnızlığım"	Müfit Bayraşa	Sadun Ersönmez	37	6
4	Grup 4x1 (Çiğdem Tunç, Mehmet Ali Erbil, Erdal Çelik, Candan Erçetin)	"Hey Sen"	Serap Turgay	Özkan Turgay	36	7
5	Fatih Erkoç	"Üzüleceksin"	Kamil Özler	Kamil Özler	4	13
6	Arzu Ece & Gür Akad	"Sessiz Geceler"	Aysel Gürel	Uğur Başar	60	2
7	Melis Sökmen & Ercüment Vural	"Son Defa"	Aysel Gürel	Uğur Başar	51	5
8	Rüya Ersavcı & Grup Turkish Delight (Beverly Pollington, Karen Seeberg, Tom Magdish, Ari Barokas, Jerfi Benveniste)	"Turkish Delight"	Hulki Aktunç	Dağhan Baydur	54	3
9	Sonat Bağcan	"Dün Gibi"	Bahadır Şahin	Can Atilla	9	11
10	Fatih Erkoç	"Gülbeyaz Sokağı"	Fatih Erkoç	Fatih Erkoç	27	9
11	Grup Festival (Melis Sökmen, Ercüment Vural, Meltem Parlak, Ayşegül Ersan, Çelik Erişçi)	"Festival"	Aysel Gürel	Selçuk Başar	54	3
12	Cemil Sağyaşar	"Gel"	Cemil Sağyaşar	Cemil Sağyaşar	8	12
13	Cenk Sökmen	"Belki Bir Gün"	Bertan Öngören	Bertan Öngören	2	14
14	Adnan Göyken	"Hamburger"	Adnan Göyken	Adnan Göyken	28	8

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Ankara	Istanbul	İzmir	Antalya	Mersin	Diyarbakır	Trabzon	Erzurum	Total
1	"İki dakika"	4	12	7	12	7	12	10	4	68
2	"Öyle bir dünya"	8	6	1	3	2	2	4		26
3	"Yalnızlığım"	1	4	12	6	6		5	3	37
4	"Hey sen"			2	8	5	8	7	6	36
5	"Üzüleceksin"		3			1				4
6	"Sessiz geceler"	3	7	6	5	12	5	12	10	60
7	"Son defa"	12	8	5	4	8	3	6	5	51
8	"Turkish Delight"	10		8	10	4	7	8	7	54
9	"Dün gibi"	6	1				1		1	9
10	"Gülbeyaz sokağı"	7	10	3		3		2	2	27
11	"Festival"	5	5	10	7	10	6	3	8	54
12	"Gel"		2		1		4	1		8
13	"Belki bir gün"	2								2
14	"Hamburger"			4	2		10		12	28

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest the trio performed 10th in the running order following France and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting the song had received 44 points placing Turkey 12th.^[3] 7 participants had voted for İki Dakika. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Israel.^[4]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey^[5]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points	Denmark Italy
7 points	France Israel Malta
6 points
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points
3 points
2 points	Spain
1 point

Points awarded by Turkey^[5]
Score	Country
12 points	Israel
10 points	Italy
8 points	Spain
7 points	Malta
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Portugal
4 points	Ireland
3 points	Luxembourg
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Norway

References

^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1991".
^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1991 Final".
^ "Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.188-193
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[1] "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1991".

[2] "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1991 Final".

[3] "Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[4] Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.188-193

[1991detailed-5] "Results of the Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

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