Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	21. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	28 February 1998
Selected entrant	Tüzmen
Selected song	"Unutamazsın"
Selected songwriter(s)	Erdinç Tunç; Canan Tunç;
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 25 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. The country was represented by Tüzmen with the song "Unutamazsın", written by Canan Tunç and composed by Erdinç Tunç.

Before Eurovision[]

21. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali[]

67 songs were submitted to TRT and 10 were selected for the national final.

The final took place on 28 February 1998 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülent Özveren and Ekin Olcayto. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. One of the contestants, Şebnem Paker and her group, had performed in Eurovision Song Contest 1997 and had received the highest points for Turkey up to 1997, but in 1998 they couldn't repeat their previous success.

Final – 28 February 1998
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Conductor	Points	Place
1	Metropolis Sürgünleri	"Kayıp Aşk"	Semih Güneri	Semih Güneri	1	4
2	Tuğrul Arsever	"Oyna"	Sevingül Bahadır, Aslıgül Ayas	Timur Selcuk	2	2
3	Meltem Büyükuğurgör	"Soramadım"	Hakan Süersan	Hakan Süersan	0	7
4	Pamela Spence	"Gökkuşağı"	İlker Yeşilay, Melih Yüksel Dural	Ümit Eroğlu	0	7
5	Berk Özbek	"Serden Geçtiğim"	Çetin Akcan, Serpil Toparlak	Doğan Kospançalı	1	4
6	Kubat	"Dertli Saz"	Günay Çoban, Mete Aydın Çelik	Volkan Şanda	2	2
7	Tüzmen	"Unutamazsın"	Canan Tunç, Erdinç Tunç	Ümit Eroğlu	4	1
8	Şebnem Paker	"Çal"	Zerrin Alporal, Levent Çoker	Levent Çoker	1	4
9	Elçin Engin	"Yalan Aşklar"	Hale Turan, Şansal Engin	Ümit Eroğlu	0	7
10	Gözde Ural and Elif Özel	"Sevmek Zamanı"	Aylin Uçanlar, Mine Mucur	Sadun Ersönmez	0	7

At Eurovision[]

On the night of the contest Tüzmen performed 24th in the running order, following Estonia and preceding Macedonia. At the close of the voting, Unutamazsın had received 25 points, placing Turkey 14th out of 25 contestants.^[1] Only five participants had voted for Unutamazsın. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.^[2]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Turkey^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Germany
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points	Croatia Macedonia
4 points
3 points
2 points	Romania
1 point	Netherlands

Points awarded by Turkey^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	United Kingdom
10 points	Malta
8 points	Ireland
7 points	Netherlands
6 points	Portugal
5 points	Israel
4 points	Croatia
3 points	Slovenia
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Belgium

References[]

^ "Final of Birmingham 1998". 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, pp.230-234
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[1] "Final of Birmingham 1998". 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, pp.230-234

[1998detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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