Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	14 February 1981
Selected entrant	Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü
Selected song	"Dönme Dolap"
Finals performance
Final result	18th/19th/, 9 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981. The country was represented by Ayşegül Aldinç and a trio named Modern Folk Üçlüsü with the song “Dönme Dolap” written and composed by Ali Kocatepe. The entry was chosen during a national final called Şarkı Yarışması. It shared the 18th-19th place with Portugal within 20 participants with 9 points in Dublin.

National Final

The final took place on 14 February 1981 at the studios of TRT, Bülend Özveren was hosting the event. 6 songs were submitted and the winning song was picked by people's jury.

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü performed 2nd in the running order following Austria and precedeing Germany. At the close of the voting the song received 1 point from Luxembourg, 3 points from Jugoslavia and 5 poinys from Finland. Thus Dönme Dolap shared the 18th-19th place with Portugal. Norway was the last. Turkish jury awarded 12 points to Germany.^[1]

Voting

Votes of the Turkish jury:[2] To Country Points  Germany 12  Spain 10  United Kingdom 8  Belgium 7  Austria 6  Netherlands 5  Yugoslavia 4  Ireland 3   Switzerland 2  Denmark 1

Votes received by the Turkish song:[2] From Country Points  Finland 5 3  Luxembourg 1

References

1. ↑ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, p.83-84
2. 1 2 Scoreboard

Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest   Participation 1975 1976 to 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 to 2016   Artists 1970s 1970 to 1974 Semiha Yankı 1976 to 1977 Nilüfer and Nazar 1979 1980s Ajda Pekkan Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül Neco Çetin Alp and The Short Waves Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra MFÖ Klips ve Onlar Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif MFÖ Pan 1990s Kayahan İzel, Reyhan and Can Aylin Vatankoş Burak Aydos 1994 Arzu Ece Şebnem Paker Şebnem Paker and Etnik Tüzmen Tuba Önal 2000s Pınar Ayhan and The SOS Sedat Yüce Buket Bengisu and Safir Sertab Erener Athena Gülseren Sibel Tüzün Kenan Doğulu Mor ve Ötesi Hadise 2010s maNga Yüksek Sadakat Can Bonomo 2013 to 2014   Songs 1970s 1970 to 1974 "Seninle Bir Dakika" 1976 to 1977 "Sevince" 1979 1980s "Petrol" "Dönme Dolap" "Hani?" "Opera" "Halay" "Diday diday day" "Halley" "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" "Sufi" "Bana Bana" 1990s "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" "İki Dakika" "Yaz Bitti" "Esmer Yarim" 1994 "Sev" "Beşinci Mevsim" "Dinle" "Unutamazsın" "Dön Artık" 2000s "Yorgunum Anla" "Sevgiliye Son" "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" "Everyway That I Can" "For Real" "Rimi Rimi Ley" "Süperstar" "Shake It Up Şekerim" "Deli" "Düm Tek Tek" 2010s "We Could Be the Same" "Live It Up" "Love Me Back" 2013 to 2014 (Note: Entries scored out are when Turkey did not compete)