Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

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Eurovision Song Contest 1995

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)|

* Melih Kibar
* Zeynep Talu Kurşuncu

Finals performance
Final result| 16th, 21 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Because of low points received in 1993, Turkey was unable to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994. Next year in Eurovision Song Contest 1995. Turkey was represented by Arzu Ece with the song "Sev" written by Zeynep Talu and composed by Melih Kibar.

## Before Eurovision

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### 18\. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

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The final took place on 18 March 1995 at the TRT 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.

Final – 18 March 1995  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

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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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Points awarded to Turkey[5] | Score  | Country

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12 points  |
10 points  |
8 points  |
7 points  |  Malta
6 points  |
5 points  |  Croatia
4 points  |
3 points  |  Slovenia
2 points  |

* Spain
* United Kingdom

1 point  |

* Belgium
* Israel

Points awarded by Turkey[5] | Score  | Country

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12 points  |  Norway
10 points  |  Malta
8 points  |  Spain
7 points  |  Croatia
6 points  |  Denmark
5 points  |  Ireland
4 points  |  Austria
3 points  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 points  |  France
1 point  |  Sweden

## References

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1. ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1995".
2. ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1995 Final".
3. ^ "Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
4. ^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.214-217
5. ^ 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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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
* Reyhan Karaca
* Kayahan
* Klips ve Onlar
* Lokomotif
* Manga
* MFÖ
* Grup Mistik
* Modern Folk Trio
* Mor ve Ötesi
* Nazar
* Neco
* Nilüfer
* Tuba Önal
* Şebnem Paker
* Pan
* Ajda Pekkan
* The Short Waves
* The S.O.S.
* 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 1995

Countries|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Malta
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Russia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey
* United Kingdom

Artists|

* Anabel Conde
* Tó Cruz
* Arzu Ece
* Frédéric Etherlinck
* Eddie Friel
* Bo Halldórsson
* Jan Johansen
* Stella Jones
* Justyna
* Philipp Kirkorov
* Elina Konstantopoulou
* Liora
* Love City Groove
* Magazin and Lidija
* Alexandros Panayi
* Davor Popović
* Nathalie Santamaria
* Secret Garden
* Mike Spiteri
* Stone and Stone
* Darja Švajger
* Csaba Szigeti
* Aud Wilken

Songs|

* "Amen"
* "Baunilha e chocolate"
* "Dreamin'"
* "Dvadeset prvi vijek"
* "Fra Mols til Skagen"
* "Il me donne rendez-vous"
* "Keep Me in Mind"
* "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana"
* "Love City Groove"
* "Nocturne"
* "Nostalgija"
* "Núna"
* "Pia prosefhi"
* "Prisluhni mi"
* "Sama"
* "Se på mig"
* "Sev!"
* "Sti fotia"
* "Új név egy régi ház falán"
* "Verliebt in Dich"
* "La Voix est libre"
* "Vuelve conmigo"
* "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt"

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