Turkey

Turkey
Information
Broadcaster	TRT
National Selection	Türkiye Için Bir Şarkı
Appearances
Appearances	31 (11 finals)
First appearance	03
Best result	7th: 19
Worst result	Last: 37 Last SF: 05, 31 7th in PSR: 23

Turkey has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 31 times, debuting in the third contest, with their best position being 7th with 116 points, achieving this at the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 19.

History of Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged

Turkey has patricipated since ESCT #03, withdrawing three times. The best place for Turkey is the 7th place with the song "Abrakadabra" by Atiye.

Contestants

Table key

	Winner		Last place		Did not qualify from the PSR
	Second place		Automatically qualified to the final		Withdrawn or disqualified
	Third place		Did not qualify to the final		Did not compete

#	Host	Artist	Song	Final	Points	Semi	Points
#03	Warsaw	The Pretty Reckless	"Make Me Wanna Die"	16	51	No Semifinal
#04	Krakow	Lara Fabian & Mustafa Ceceli	"Make Me Yours Tonight"	12	69	10	61
#05	Copenhagen	Sami Levy	"This Is The Time"	Failed to qualify		15	13
Did not participate in #06
#07	Zurich	Murat Boz	"Püf"	Failed to qualify		13	36
Did not participate in #08
#09	Sofia	Safura	"March On"	23	61	9	55
#10	Athens	Sertab Erener	"Here I Am"	15	88	10	68
Did not participate in #11
#12	Nicosia	Bedük	"Koyver Kendini"	Failed to qualify		17	28
Did not participate in #13
#14	Helsinki	Massari & French Montana	"Shisha"	Failed to qualify		16	34
#15	Kiev	Nükleer Başlıklı Kız	"Beni Hatırla"	Failed to qualify		18	36
#16	Vilnius	Yalin	"King For One Day"	Failed to qualify		14	49
Did not participate in #17
#18	Liège	Funda	"SMS"	23	59	8	63
#19	Warsaw	Atiye	"Abrakadabra"	7	116	7	74
#20	Oslo	Aynur Aydın	"Bi Dakika"	Failed to qualify		16	44
#21	Marseille	Doğukan Manço & Funda	"Yüzlesme"	11	96	4	90
#22	Norrköping	Mahmut Orhan & Sena Sener	"Feel"	Failed to qualify		18	16
#23	Limassol	Aylin Coşkun	"Akrep İğnesi"	Failed to qualify (7th, 51pts)
#24	Bruges	Murat Dalkılıç	"Soktuğu Duruma Bak"	Failed to qualify		15	38
#25	Jerusalem	Atiye	"Maazallah"	Failed to qualify		13	43
#26	Prague	Atiye	"Sor"	Failed to qualify		14	49
#27	Donetsk	Burak Yeter	"Happy"	21	63	5	86
#28	Luxembourg	Tarkan	"Şımarık"	Failed to qualify		17	33
#29	Barcelona	Stran	"Still Burning"	Failed to qualify		13	52
Did not participate in #30
#31	Zagreb	Edis	"Yalan"	Failed to qualify		20	26
#32	Bergen	LYAN ft. Serel	"One Thing"	Failed to qualify		12	56
Did not participate in #33
#34	Bucharest	The Away Days	"White Whale"	Failed to qualify		16	43
#35	Rotterdam	Ummet Ozcan ft. Laurell	"Change My Heart"	10	104	5	85
#36	Ghent	Rabia Tunçbilek	"Merhaba Dünya"	Failed to qualify		18	29
#37	Reykjavík	Selin	"Heart in Two"	26	60	7	76
#38	Copenhagen	Mert Hakan ft. SUER	"Hypnotise"	Failed to qualify		15	47
#39	Tbilisi	Koza	"Here With Me"	Failed to qualify		15	47
#40	Thessaloniki	Ayda	"Son Durak"	22	64	10	77
#41	Bilbao	Aleyna Tilki	"Retrogade"	Contest cancelled

Second Chance

Table key

	Winner		Last place		Did not qualify from the PSR
	Second place		Automatically qualified to the final		Withdrawn or disqualified
	Third place		Did not qualify to the final		Did not compete

#	Host	Artist	Song	Final	Points
#28	Amsterdam	Atiye	"Uyan Da Gel"	15	37
Did not participate in #29-#34
#35	Amsterdam	Rabia Tunçbilek	"Kimle Acaba?"	10	67
Did not participate in #36-#40

Voting history

As of #40, Turkey's voting history is as follows:

Most points given in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1 Sweden 98 2 Albania 73 3 Norway 72 4 Luxembourg 69 5 Poland 68 Ukraine 68

Most points given in the semis only Rank Country Points 1 Portugal 70 2 Estonia 65 3 Denmark 57 Spain 57 4 Switzerland 56 5 Italy 52

Most points received in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1 Finland 49 2 Sweden 48 3 Serbia 41 4 Hungary 38 5 Austria 36

Most points received in the semis only Rank Country Points 1 Ireland 76 2 Albania 75 3 Hungary 64 4 Germany 59 5 Denmark 54

12 points

Turkey gave 12 points to...

Year	Final	Semi
#03	Belgium	No Semifinal
#04	Russia	Russia
#05	Portugal	No Vote1
Did not participate in #06
#07	Ukraine	Ukraine
Did not participate in #08
#09	Germany	Germany
#10	Andorra	Morocco
Did not participate in #11
#12	Morocco	Italy
Did not participate in #13
#14	Cyprus	Italy
#15	Portugal	Portugal
#16	Latvia	Norway
Did not participate in #17
#18	Portugal	Portugal
#19	Norway	Bulgaria
#20	Spain	Poland
#21	Moldova	Moldova
#22	Bulgaria	Ukraine
#23	Albania	Failed from P.S.R.
#24	Luxembourg	Armenia
#25	Armenia	Armenia
#26	Sweden	Switzerland
#27	Russia	Bulgaria
#28	Norway	Albania
#29	Belgium	Estonia
Did not participate in #30
#31	Switzerland	Switzerland
#32	Monaco	Monaco
Did not participate in #33
#34	France	Poland
#35	Poland	Ireland
#36	Sweden	Malta
#37	Sweden	Italy
#38	France	Finland
#39	Israel	Denmark
#40	Cyprus	Denmark

¹ Turkey didn't vote in the semifinal.