Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Participating broadcaster	Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)
Country	Turkey
Selection process	18. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date	18 March 1995
Competing entry
Song	"Sev"
Artist	Arzu Ece
Songwriters	Melih Kibar Zeynep Talu Kurşuncu
Placement
Final result	16th, 21 points
Participation chronology
◄1993 • 1995 • 1996►

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Sev", composed by Melih Kibar, with lyrics by Zeynep Talu, and performed by Arzu Ece. The Turkish participating broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

18. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) held the national final on 18 March 1995 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by Yesmin Ertuğrul and Bülend Özveren. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.

Although the original singer of "Sev" was Yeşim Dönüş Işın, Arzu Ece took the place of Yeşim on the advice of the jury.

Final – 18 March 1995

Draw	Artist	Song	Lyricist	Composer	Place
1	Fatih Erkoç	"Duygular"	Fatih Erkoç	Fatih Erkoç	9
2	Elif Ersoy	"Bana Şans Dile"	Zeynep Talu	Garo Mafyan	6
3	Grup Met	"Duysun Şarkılar"	Nezih Topuzlu	Selmi Andak	3
4	Arzu Ece & Fatih Erkoç	"Sevda"	Aysel Gürel	Uğur Başar	4
5	Diler Türkmen	"Aşkımla Oynama"	Eda Özülkü	Metin Özülkü	8
6	Arzu Ece	"Sev"	Zeynep Talu	Melih Kibar	1
7	Toygarhan Atuner	"Çöl Güneşi"	Ercan Saatçi	Aykut Gürel	5
8	Serpil Barlas & Orient Ekspres	"2001"	Selma Çuhacı	Uğur Dikmen	2
9	Berna Keser	"Rüzgarlar Vedaya Karşı"	Mustafa Sandal	Mustafa Sandal	10
10	Suavi	"Önce Sen Vardın"	Suavi Saygan	Müfit Bayraşa	7

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Arzu Ece performed 10th in the running order following Spain and preceding Croatia. At the close of the voting, the song had received 21 points, placing Turkey 16th. ^[1] 7 participants had voted for "Sev." The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Norway. ^{[2] [3]}

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey [3] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points   Malta 6 points 5 points   Croatia 4 points 3 points   Slovenia 2 points   Spain   United Kingdom 1 point   Belgium   Israel

Points awarded by Turkey [3] Score Country 12 points   Norway 10 points   Malta 8 points   Spain 7 points   Croatia 6 points   Denmark 5 points   Ireland 4 points   Austria 3 points   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 points   France 1 point   Sweden

References

1. "Final of Dublin 1995". 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.214-217
3. "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". Eurovision Song Contest . Retrieved 23 June 2025.