Turkey in the Turkvision Song Contest
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| Member station | Kral TV |
| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 3 (3 finals) |
| First appearance | 2013 |
| Highest placement | 3rd: 2015 |
Turkey is one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in the Turkvision Song Contest.[1]
History[]
2013[]
Turkey made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1] were internally selected by TRT TV representatives to represent Turkey,[2] their song was revealed on 16 December 2014 as "Sen, Ben, Biz".[3] In the semi final in Eskişehir, Turkey performed 23rd and qualified for the final, in the final they performed 1st and came in 6th place with 187 points tied with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2014[]
On 20 July 2014 it was announced that Turkey would make their second appearance at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan in November 2014.[4] On 3 September 2014, TMB TV made a call for submissions for singers to take part in the contest in Kazan.[5] On 22 October 2014 it was announced that Funda Kılıç would represent Turkey,[6] on 12 November 2014 it was announced that Funda would sing "Hoppa".[7]
In Kazan, Funda performed 15th in the semi final, before Bosnia and Herzegovina and after Yakutia, Turkey came 2nd with a total of 199 points. In the final Turkey performed 1st, they finished last in 15th place with 128 points.
Participation overview[]
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Second place |
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Third place |
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Last place |
| Year | Entrant | Song | Language | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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| "Sen, Ben, Biz" | Turkish | 6
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187
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Undisclosed | |||
| Funda Kılıç | "Hoppa" | Turkish[a] | 15 ◁
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128
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2
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199
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| "Hirçin Sular" | Turkish | 3
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175
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No semi-final | |||
| "Ne Yaptıysam Olmadı" | Turkish | 12
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179
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No semi-final | |||
Hostings[]
| Year | Location | Venue | Presenters | Ref. |
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| 2013 | Eskişehir | Vatan Sasmaz (semi-final), Ece Vahapoğlu and Engin Hepileri (final) |
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| 2015 | Istanbul | Vatan Sasmaz and | ||
| 2020 | Istanbul | Online | Esra Balamir and Refik Sarıöz |
Related involvement[]
Jury members[]
| Year | Juror |
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| 2014 | Sinan Akçıl[9] |
| 2020 | [10] |
See also[]
- Turkey in the ABU TV Song Festival
- Turkey in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest
- Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
Notes and references[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ a b Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "Turkey: Manevra To Turkvision". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "Turkey: Manevra To Sing "Sen, Ben , Biz"". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (20 July 2014). "Turkvizyon '14: Agreement signed with a number of countries". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "Turkey: Turkvision Selection Applications Open Now". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "Funda to represent Turkey at Turkvision 2014". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "Turkey: Funda To Sing "Hoppa"". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2020-10-17). "Turkvision Song Contest 2020 Officially Launched". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2014-11-17). "Turkey Sinan Akçıl Is The Turkish Jury Member". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2020-12-19). "Turkey: Selim Gülgören Juror for Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
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