Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	11. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	21 February 1987
Selected entrant	Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif
Selected song	"Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne"
Selected songwriter(s)	Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz
Finals performance
Final result	22nd, 0 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Last updated March 16, 2023

Turkey was represented by Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Brussels on 9 May 1987. Taner and her backing group won the rights to represent Turkey on the 21 February 1987.

Before Eurovision

11. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The final took place on 21 February 1987 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by television presenter and Turkish commentator Bülend Özveren. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by a sixteen-member jury.^[1]^[2]

Other participants included past and future Turkish representative MFÖ (1985, 1988), Arzu Ece (1989, 1995) and Kayahan (1990).

Final – 21 February 1987
Draw	Artist	Song	Lyricist	Composer	Conductor	Points	Place
1	Seden Kutlubay, Vedat Sakman & Grup Piramit (Hakan Girit, Cem Bezeyiş, Feyyaz Kuruş, Çınar Apay)	"Hayat Pencerenin Dışında"	Nezih Topuzlu	Selmi Andak	Uğur Dikmen	0	3
2	Grup Denk (Oya Küçümen, Bora Ebeoğlu, Zeynep Draman, Zeynep Alev Aydeniz)	"Paydos"	Bora Ebeoğlu	Melih Kibar	Melih Kibar	2	2
3	Grup FM (Arzu Ece, Rüya Ersavcı, Fatih Erkoç, Harun Kolçak)	"Keloğlan"	Selçuk Başar	Selçuk Başar	Selçuk Başar	0	3
4	Kayahan, Emel Müftüoğlu, Erdal Çelik, Yeşim Vatan, Ayşe Özşahin	"Güneşli Bir Resim Çiz Bana"	Kayahan Açar	Kayahan Açar	Ümit Eroğlu	0	3
5	Fatih Erkoç	"Dünya Barışı İçin"	Fatih Erkoç	Fatih Erkoç	Garo Mafyan	0	3
6	Aşkın Nur Yengi, Harun Kolçak & Grup Periyod	"Güzel Şeyler Söyle"	Aysel Gürel	Onno Tunç	Garo Mafyan	0	3
7	MFÖ	"No Problem"	Mazhar Alanson	Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner, Özkan Uğur	Turhan Yükseler	0	3
8	Ahmet Özhan	"Gülümse Biraz"	Cansın Erol	Selahattin İçli	Turhan Yükseler	0	3
9	Arzu Ece & Cihan Okan	"Bir Gün Bize Yetmez"	Kayahan Açar	Attila Özdemiroğlu	Turhan Yükseler	0	3
10	Seyyal Taner & Grup Lokomotif	"Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne"	Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz	Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz	Garo Mafyan	14	1

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest, Turkey performed 10th following Spain and preceding Greece. At the close of voting Turkey had received no points (or, as Eurovision fans refer to the phenomenon, nul points) placing Turkey last out of 22 entries.^[3] At the time this was the worst last placing for a country as it was the largest contest. This was also the third time Turkey came last in the contest and the second time they had received zero points. This is the final contest to date in which Turkey finished last.

Voting

Turkey did not receive any points at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest.^[4]

Points awarded by Turkey^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Yugoslavia
10 points	Ireland
8 points	Italy
7 points	Netherlands
6 points	Germany
5 points	Switzerland
4 points	Belgium
3 points	United Kingdom
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Denmark

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References

↑ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1987".
↑ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1987 Final".
↑ "Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
1 2 "Results of the Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links

(in French) Turkish National Final 1987

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[1] "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1987".

[2] "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1987 Final".

[3] "Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[1987detailed-4] 1 2 "Results of the Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

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Artists	~~21. Peron~~ Çetin Alp Athena Pınar Ayhan Burak Aydos Ayşegül Buket Bengisu and Group Safir Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra Can Bonomo İzel Çeliköz Kenan Doğulu Arzu Ece Sertab Erener ~~Maria Rita Epik~~ Grup Etnik Gülseren Hadise Reyhan Karaca Kayahan Klips ve Onlar Lokomotif Manga MFÖ Grup Mistik Modern Folk Trio Mor ve Ötesi Nazar Neco Nilüfer Tuba Önal Şebnem Paker Pan Ajda Pekkan The Short Waves The S.O.S. Seyyal Taner Tüzmen Sibel Tüzün Can Uğurluer Aylin Vatankoş Semiha Yankı Sedat Yüce Yüksek Sadakat
Songs	"Bana Bana" "Beşinci Mevsim" "Deli" "Didai Didai Dai" "Dinle" "Dön Artık" "Dönme Dolap" " Düm Tek Tek " "Esmer Yarim" "Everyway That I Can" "For Real" "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" "Halay" "Halley" "Hani?" "İki Dakika" "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" "Live It Up" "Love Me Back" "Opera" "Pet'r Oil" "Rimi Rimi Ley" "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" "Seninle Bir Dakika" "Sev" "Sevgiliye Son" "Sevince" ~~"Seviyorum"~~ "Shake It Up Şekerim" "Sufi" "Süper Star" "Unutamazsın" "We Could Be the Same" "Yaz Bitti" "Yorgunum Anla"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Turkey did not compete

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Countries	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Alexia Bang Datner and Kushnir Lotta Engberg Kate Gulbrandsen Halla Margrét Anne-Cathrine Herdorf and Bandjo Patricia Kraus Johnny Logan Gary Lux Marcha Christine Minier Nevada Novi fosili Plastic Bertrand Carol Rich Rikki Vicky Rosti and Boulevard Liliane Saint-Pierre Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif Umberto Tozzi and Raf Wind
Songs	"Amour, amour" "Aspro mavro" "Boogaloo" " Gente di mare " "Hægt og hljótt" "Hold Me Now" "Ja sam za ples" "Lass die Sonne in dein Herz" "En lille melodi" "Mitt liv" "Moitié, moitié" "Les Mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche" "Neste barco à vela" "No estás solo" "Nur noch Gefühl" "Only the Light" "Rechtop in de wind" "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" "Sata salamaa" " Shir Habatlanim " "Soldiers of Love" "Stop"