Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	13. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	11 March 1989
Selected entrant	Pan
Selected song	"Bana Bana"
Selected songwriter(s)	Timur Selçuk
Finals performance
Final result	21st, 5 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989. The country was represented by a music group named Pan with the song "Bana Bana" written and composed by the Timur Selçuk.

Before Eurovision[]

13. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali[]

The final took place on 11 March 1989 at the Ari TV studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülent Özveren and Güler Kazmaci. Sixteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries.

Final – 11 March 1989
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Conductor	Points	Place
1	Grup Denk	"Aşk-ı memnu"	Bora Ebeoğlu, Turhan Yükseler	Turhan Yükseler	37	7
2	Kayahan and 3. Nesil	"Ve melankoli"	Kayahan Açar	Umit Eroglu	63	2
3	MFÖ	"Adı Naim"	Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner	n/a	3	15
4	Sertab Altın and Klips	"Hasret"	Aysel Gürel, Uğur Başar	n/a	57	3
5	Jale and Seden Kutlubay	"Bir fantastik aşk"	Aysel Gürel, Garo Mafyan	Garo Mafyan	18	11
6	Hazal Selçuk	"Bir resimde sen"	Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, Timur Selçuk	Timur Selçuk	57	3
7	Arzu Ece and Sibel Tüzün	"Elifin aldı beni"	Aysel Gürel, Selçuk Başar	n/a	22	10
8	Grup RC	"Hep sıfır"	Cem Bezeyiş	n/a	49	5
9	Emel and Erdal	"Pardon Pardon"	Ayşe Irmak, Aslıgül Kırıcı	Turhan Yükseler	42	6
10	Fatih Erkoç	"Bir sevgi ver bana"	Atilla Şentin	Nejat Başeğmezler	0	16
11	Grup Pan	"Bana bana"	Timur Selçuk	Timur Selçuk	71	1
12	Grup RC	"Çaresi Yok Sensizliğin"	Cem Bezeyiş	Berç Yeremyan	7	13
13	Neco	"Fora fora"	Ali Kocatepe, Selmi Andak	Bugra Ugur	18	11
14	Fatih Erkoç	"Bir nostalji bu"	Aysel Gürel, Garo Mafyan	Garo Mafyan	32	8
15	Jeyan Epri, Cihan Okan, Belma Sera	"Hayır"	Zeynep Talu, Melih Kibar	Melih Kibar	5	14
16	Fatih Erkoç	"Öyle Bakma"	Sezen Aksu, Onno Tunç	n/a	30	9

At Eurovision[]

On the night of the contest Pan performed 5th in the running order following the Netherlands preceding Belgium. At the close of the voting Bana Bana had received only 5 points, placing Turkey 21st among 22.^[1] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.^[2]

Voting[]

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

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

References[]

^ "Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.168-172
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1] "Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[2] Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.168-172

[1989detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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