Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	7. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	4 March 1983
Selected entrant	Çetin Alp and the Short Wave
Selected song	"Opera"
Selected songwriter(s)	Buğra Uğur; Aysel Gürel;
Finals performance
Final result	19th, 0 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey was represented by Çetin Alp and the Short Waves at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Munich on 23 April 1983. Çetin Alp won the rights to represent Turkey on 4 March 1983.

Before Eurovision[]

7. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali[]

The final took place on 4 March 1983 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Başak Doğru. Eight songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.^[1]

Final – 4 March 1983
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters(s)	Place
1	Vedat Sakman	"Müzisyen"	Vedat Sakman	—
2	Hakan Sıvacı	"Boğaziçi"	Gürol Ağirbaş, Selim Ağırbaş	—
3	Ayşegül Aldinç	"Heyecan"	Selahattin Icli, Cansın Erol	3
4	Mehmet Senpeç	"Yaşayamam"	Yusuf Eradam	—
5	Coşkun Demir	"Dön bana"	Aydın Esen, Karen Garson	—
6	Çetin Alp and the Short Waves	"Opera"	Aysel Gürel, Buğra Uğur	1
7	Mavi Yolcular	"Heyamola"	Ali Kocatepe	—
8	Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra	"Atlantis"	Atilla Özdemiroğlu, Aysel Gürel	2

At Eurovision[]

On the night of the contest Alp performed 6th following Italy and preceding Spain. At the close of voting Opera had received the dreaded nul points placing Turkey joint 19 place (along with Spain).^[2] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.

Voting[]

Turkey did not receive any points at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest.^[3]

Points awarded by Turkey^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Yugoslavia
10 points	Austria
8 points	Luxembourg
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Norway
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Italy
3 points	Finland
2 points	Netherlands
1 point	Denmark

References[]

^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1983".
^ "Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

External links[]

(in French) Turkish national Final 1983

[1] "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1983".

[2] "Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[1983detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

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