Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

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Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Participating broadcaster| Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country|  Turkey
National selection
Selection process| 17\. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)| 13 March 1993
Selected artist(s)| Burak Aydos
Selected song| "Esmer Yarim"
Selected songwriter(s)| Burak Aydos
Finals performance
Final result| 21st, 10 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Esmer Yarim", written and performed by Burak Aydos. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

## Before Eurovision

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### 17\. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

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The Turkish broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, held in Millstreet, Ireland.

The final took place on 13 March 1993 at the Andromeda discotheque in Istanbul, hosted by Ömer Önder. Eight songs competed and the winner was determined by the audience present in the Andromeda. Only the top 3 songs were announced.[1] [2]

Final – 13 March 1993  Draw  | Artist  | Song  | Lyricists  | Composer  | Place

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1  | Deniz Şafak Yaprak  | "Son Senfoni"  | Figen Çakmak  | Figen Çakmak  | 3
2  | Şebnem Özsaran & Grubu (Sedat Yüce, Aylin Ensoy, Burcu Kılıç, Ece Dağıstan, Şeyda Uğur)  | "Biz Çocuklar"  | Kadriye Bayraşa, Şebnem Özsaran  | Müfit Bayraşa  | —
3  | Erdal Çelik  | "Yanımda Olmazsan"  | Soner Arıca,  | Aslıgül Ayas  | —
4  | Sinan Erkoç & Grup 34 TR 93 (Ezgi Üstün, Emel Gunca, Burcu Güden, Lale Özdemir)  | "Son Gece"  | Nurhan Gürdil  | Tolga Gürdil  | 2
5  | Sonat Bağcan & Seda Bağcan  | "Yarın Çok Güzel Olmalıyım Anne"  | Savaş Bağcan  | Savaş Bağcan  | —
6  | Şebnem Özsaran  | "Gülümse"  | Oya El-Cherbiny, Şebnem Özsaran  | Zafer Çebi  | —
7  | Burak Aydos, Serter Öztürk & Barbaros Öztürk  | "Esmer Yarim"  | Burak Aydos  | Burak Aydos  | 1
8  | Grup Pi (Tuba Önal, Ali Otyam, Hüseyin Cebeci, Burak Gültekin, Toygarhan Atuner)  | "Seviyorum"  | Çetin Akcan  | Ali Otyam  | —

## At Eurovision

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Aydos performed second on the night of the contest, following Italy and preceding Germany. He received 10 points in total, placing 21st in a field of 25, relegating the country from taking part in the 1994 Contest.[3] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

### Voting

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Points awarded to Turkey[4] | Score  | Country

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12 points  |
10 points  |
8 points  |
7 points  |
6 points  |  Spain
5 points  |
4 points  |
3 points  |
2 points  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 point  |

* Croatia
* Iceland

Points awarded by Turkey[4] | Score  | Country

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12 points  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 points  |  Norway
8 points  |  United Kingdom
7 points  |  France
6 points  |  Netherlands
5 points  |  Malta
4 points  |  Austria
3 points  |  Finland
2 points  |  Greece
1 point  |  Ireland

## References

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1. ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1993".
2. ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1993 Final".
3. ^ "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

## External links

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* Turkish National Final 1993

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Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Artists|

* ~~21\. Peron~~
* Çetin Alp
* Athena
* Pınar Ayhan
* Burak Aydos
* Ayşegül
* Buket Bengisu and Group Safir
* Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra
* Can Bonomo
* İzel Çeliköz
* Kenan Doğulu
* Arzu Ece
* Sertab Erener
* ~~Maria Rita Epik~~
* Grup Etnik
* Gülseren
* Hadise
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* Klips ve Onlar
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* Manga
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* Şebnem Paker
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* Seyyal Taner
* Tüzmen
* Sibel Tüzün
* Can Uğurluer
* Aylin Vatankoş
* Semiha Yankı
* Sedat Yüce
* Yüksek Sadakat

Songs|

* "Bana Bana"
* "Beşinci Mevsim"
* "Deli"
* "Didai Didai Dai"
* "Dinle"
* "Dön Artık"
* "Dönme Dolap"
* "Düm Tek Tek"
* "Esmer Yarim"
* "Everyway That I Can"
* "For Real"
* "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim"
* "Halay"
* "Halley"
* "Hani?"
* "İki Dakika"
* "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde"
* "Live It Up"
* "Love Me Back"
* "Opera"
* "Pet'r Oil"
* "Rimi Rimi Ley"
* "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne"
* "Seninle Bir Dakika"
* "Sev"
* "Sevgiliye Son"
* "Sevince"
* ~~" Seviyorum"~~
* "Shake It Up Şekerim"
* "Sufi"
* "Süper Star"
* "Unutamazsın"
* "We Could Be the Same"
* "Yaz Bitti"
* "Yorgunum Anla"

* Note: Entries scored out signify where Turkey did not compete

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Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Kvalifikacija za Millstreet

Countries|

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* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United Kingdom

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Qualification|

* Estonia
* Hungary
* Romania
* Slovakia

Artists|

| Final|

* 1X Band
* Anabela
* Arvingarna
* Annie Cotton
* Burak Aydos, Öztürk Baybora and Serter
* Barbara Dex
* Fazla
* Patrick Fiori
* Katri Helena
* Katerina Garbi
* Inga
* Ruth Jacott
* Niamh Kavanagh
* William Mangion
* Modern Times
* Münchener Freiheit
* Put
* Enrico Ruggeri
* Eva Santamaría
* Seebach Band
* Sonia
* Lehakat Shiru
* Silje Vige
* Tony Wegas
* Zimboulakis and Van Beke

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Qualification|

* Dida Drăgan
* Elán
* Janika Sillamaa
* Andrea Szulák

Songs|

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* "Alle mine tankar"
* "Better the Devil You Know"
* "A cidade (até ser dia)"
* "Donne-moi une chance"
* "Don't Ever Cry"
* "Ellada, hora tou fotos"
* "Eloise"
* "Esmer Yarim"
* "Hombres"
* "Iemand als jij"
* "In Your Eyes"
* "Mama Corsica"
* "Maria Magdalena"
* "Mi stamatas"
* "Moi, tout simplement"
* "Shiru"
* "Sole d'Europa"
* "Sva bol svijeta"
* "Þá veistu svarið"
* "Tih deževen dan"
* "This Time"
* "Tule luo"
* "Under stjernerne på himlen"
* "Viel zu weit"
* "Vrede"

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Qualification|

* "Amnestia na neveru"
* "Árva reggel"
* "Muretut meelt ja südametuld"
* "Nu pleca"

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