Turkey participated in the Contest 34 times since its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 in Stockholm where they finished in last place.They also finished in last place with Nul Points at the 1983 Contest and 1987 Contest.
They had three Top 10 finishes until, after almost three decades of competing, they finally won the Contest in 2003 with the entry "Every Way That I Can" by Sertab Erener, narrowly beating Belgium by just two points.
Since the introduction of the semi finals the country has failed to qualify once for the final and withdrew from competing following the 2012 Contest, citing dissatisfaction with the Contest rules.
Participants[]
Year | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Position | Points | Semi | Points |
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1975 | Semiha Yankı | "Seninle Bir Dakika" | Turkish | A minute with you | 19 | 3 | No semi-finals | |
Did not participate in 1976 and 1977 | ||||||||
1978 | Nilüfer & Grup Nazar | "Sevince" | Turkish | Joy | 18 | 2 | No semi-finals | |
Withdrew from competing in 1979 | ||||||||
1980 | Ajda Pekkan | "Petrol" | Turkish | Oil | 15 | 23 | No semi-finals | |
1981 | Modern Folk Trio & Ayşegül | "Dönme Dolap" | Ferris Wheel | 18 | 9 | |||
1982 | Neco | "Hani?" | Where? | 15 | 20 | |||
1983 | Çetin Alp & The Short Waves | "Opera" | - | 19 | 0 | |||
1984 | Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra | "Halay" | - | 12 | 37 | |||
1985 | MFÖ | "Didai didai dai" | - | 14 | 36 | |||
1986 | Klips ve Onlar | "Halley" | - | 9 | 53 | |||
1987 | Seyyal Taner & Lokomotif | "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" | My Song Is About Love | 22 | 0 | |||
1988 | MFÖ | "Sufi" | - | 15 | 37 | |||
1989 | Pan | "Bana Bana" | To me, to me | 21 | 5 | |||
1990 | Kayahan | "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" | Captive in your eyes | 17 | 21 | |||
1991 | İzel, Reyhan & Can | "İki Dakika" | Two minutes | 12 | 44 | |||
1992 | Aylin Vatankoş | "Yaz Bitti" | Summer is over | 19 | 17 | |||
1993 | Burak Aydos | "Esmer Yarim" | My darling brunette | 21 | 10 | |||
Did not participate in 1994 | ||||||||
1995 | Arzu Ece | "Sev" | Turkish | Love | 16 | 21 | No semi-finals | |
1996 | Şebnem Paker | "Beşinci Mevsim" | The Fifth Season | 12 | 57 | 7 | 69 | |
1997 | Şebnem Paker & Grup Etnik | "Dinle" | Listen | 3 | 121 | No semi-finals | ||
1998 | Tüzmen | "Unutamazsın" | You Can't Forget | 14 | 25 | |||
1999 | Tuba Önal | "Dön Artık" | Come Back | 16 | 21 | |||
2000 | Pınar Ayhan & Grup SOS | "Yorgunum Anla" | Turkish, English | I'm Weary | 10 | 59 | ||
2001 | Sedat Yüce | "Sevgiliye Son" | The End of Love | 11 | 41 | |||
2002 | Buket Bengisu | "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" | Lilacs faded in your heart | 16 | 29 | |||
2003 | Sertab Erener | "Every Way That I Can" | English | - | 1 | 167 | ||
2004 | Athena | "For Real" | - | 4 | 195 | Host country | ||
2005 | Gülseren | "Rimi Rimi Ley" | Turkish | - | 13 | 92 | Top 12 Previous Year | |
2006 | Sibel Tüzün | "Süperstar" | Turkish, English | Superstar | 11 | 91 | 8 | 91 |
2007 | Kenan Doğulu | "Shake It Up Şekerim" | English | Shake it up, sugar | 4 | 163 | 3 | 197 |
2008 | Mor ve Ötesi | "Deli" | Turkish | Insane | 7 | 138 | 7 | 85 |
2009 | Hadise | "Düm Tek Tek" | English | Straight one by one | 4 | 177 | 2 | 172 |
2010 | maNga | "We Could Be the Same" | - | 2 | 170 | 1 | 118 | |
2011 | Yüksek Sadakat | "Live It Up" | - | Failed to qualify | 13 | 47 | ||
2012 | Can Bonomo | "Love Me Back" | - | 7 | 112 | 5 | 80 |