Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	5. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	14 February 1981
Selected entrant	Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü
Selected song	"Dönme Dolap"
Selected songwriter(s)	Ali Kocatepe
Finals performance
Final result	18th, 9 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981. The country was represented by Ayşegül Aldinç and a trio named Modern Folk Üçlüsü with the song "Dönme Dolap" written and composed by Ali Kocatepe.

Before Eurovision[]

5. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali[]

The final took place on 14 February 1981 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren. Six songs competed and the winner was determined by a jury consisting of members of the public.

Final – 14 February 1981
Draw	Artist	Song	Composer(s)	Points	Place
1	Kayahan	"Dostluk"	Aydın Esen, Leyla Seber	—	6
2	İbo and Group Vize	"Nerede o eski tangolar"	Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz	—	5
3	Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü	"İstanbul İstanbul"	Cenk Taşkan, Ülkü Aker	—	3
4	Coşkun Demir	"Miras"	Ali Kocatepe	—	4
5	Füsun Önal	"Bigudi"	Selçuk Başar, Ayse Irman Manioğlu	60	2
6	Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü	"Dönme Dolap"	Ali Kocatepe	87	1

At Eurovision[]

On the night of the contest Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü performed second in the running order following Austria and preceding Germany. At the close of the voting the song received 9 points, thus Dönme Dolap shared 18th place with Portugal.^[1] Turkish jury awarded 12 points to Germany.^[2]

Members of the Turkish jury included Süheyla Aldoğan, Hidayet Yarken, Hatice Akbaş, Lüftiye Duman, Nebiye Yazıcı, Nesrin Demirel, Sami Ersoy, Mehmet Kuteş, Mustafa Ekinci, Cengiz Doğan, and Ali Arslan.^[3]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Turkey^[4]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points	Finland
4 points
3 points	Yugoslavia
2 points
1 point	Luxembourg

Points awarded by Turkey^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Germany
10 points	Spain
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Belgium
6 points	Austria
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	Yugoslavia
3 points	Ireland
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Denmark

References[]

^ "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, p.83-84
^ Yarışmacı ülkeler ve halk jürisi, Milliyet, 4 April 1981
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[1] "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[2] Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, p.83-84

[3] Yarışmacı ülkeler ve halk jürisi, Milliyet, 4 April 1981

[1981detailed-4] "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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