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Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1995 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) | |||
| Country |  Turkey | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | 18. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali | |||
| Selection date(s) | 18 March 1995 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Arzu Ece | |||
| Selected song | "Sev" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 16th, 21 points | |||
| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Sev", composed by Melih Kibar, with lyrics by Zeynep Talu, and performed by Arzu Ece. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
[edit]18. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
[edit]Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 18 March 1995 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by Yesmin Ertugrul and Bülend Özveren. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.[1] [2]
Although the original singer of "Sev" was Yeşim Dönüş Işın, Arzu Ece took the place of Yeşim upon the warning of the jury.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyricist | Composer | Place |
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| 1 | Fatih Erkoç | "Duygular" | Fatih Erkoç | Fatih Erkoç | 9 |
| 2 | Elif Ersoy | "Bana Şans Dile" | Zeynep Talu | Garo Mafyan | 6 |
| 3 | Grup Met (Elif Gezen, Deniz Vardaryıldızı, Özlem Büyükuğurgör, İlker Özdemir, Orhan Balmumcu, İsmet Müftüoğlu) | "Duysun Şarkılar" | Nezih Topuzlu | Selmi Andak | 3 |
| 4 | Arzu Ece & Fatih Erkoç | "Sevda" | Aysel Gürel | Uğur Başar | 4 |
| 5 | Diler Türkmen | "Aşkımla Oynama" | Eda Özülkü | Metin Özülkü | 8 |
| 6 | Arzu Ece | "Sev" | Zeynep Talu | Melih Kibar | 1 |
| 7 | Toygarhan Atuner | "Çöl Güneşi" | Ercan Saatçi | Aykut Gürel | 5 |
| 8 | Serpil Barlas & Orient Ekspres (Şehnaz Sam, Nazlı Tosunoğlu, Alev Aldırmaz) | "2001" | Selma Çuhacı | Uğur Dikmen | 2 |
| 9 | Berna Keser | "Rüzgarlar Vedaya Karşı" | Mustafa Sandal | Mustafa Sandal | 10 |
| 10 | Suavi | "Önce Sen Vardın" | Suavi Saygan | Müfit Bayraşa | 7 |
At Eurovision
[edit]On the night of the contest Arzu Ece performed 10th in the running order following Spain and preceding Croatia. At the close of the voting the song had received 21 points placing Turkey 16th.[3] 7 participants had voted for Sev. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Norway.[4]
Voting
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References
[edit]- ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1995".
- ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1995 Final".
- ^ "Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.214-217
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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