Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Country  Turkey
National selection
Selection process National Final
Selection date(s) 13 February 1988
Selected entrant Mazhar Fuat Özkan (MFÖ)
Selected song "Sufi"
Finals performance
Final result 15th, 37 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 by a music trio named Mazhar Fuat Özkan (names of the members) with the song "Sufi", written and composed by the trio. The entry was chosen by a professional jury.

National final

The jury asked 17 composers for a song to compete in the national final. 16 songs were submitted and competed on 13 February 1988; Sufi was declared the winner.

13 February 1988
Draw Singer Band Singers Vocals Şong Lyrics Music Arrangement Place
1. Kayahan & 3. Nesil İskender Paydaş & Volkan Başaran & Meltem Parlak & Murat Çimenli & Fergan Mirkelam — Sokak kedisi Kayahan Açar Kayahan Açar Ümit Eroğlu
2. Grup Gündoğarken İlhan Şeşen, Burhan Şeşen, Gökhan Şeşen — Resimler resimler İlhan Şeşen İlhan Şeşen Turhan Yükseler
3. MFÖ Mazhar Alanson & Fuat Güner & Özkan Uğur — Sufi Mazhar Alanson Fuat Güner Turhan Yükseler 1
4. Sevingül Bahadır — Seden Kutlubay, Elif İnce Bulutlar Meltem Bal Aslıgül Kırıcı Melih Kibar
5. Grup Tema Arzu Ece & Çiğdem Tunç — Zig Zag Mazhar Alanson Selçuk Başar Selçuk Başar
6. Grup Vizyon Zeynep Traman & Rüya Ersavcı & Hasan Alptekin & Tayfun Duyguluer — Diskotek İlhan İrem Esin Engin Esin Engin
7. Grup 88 Adnan Ergil & Batuhan Şenyücel & Yonca Evcimik & Şaziye Onuray — Fazla vaktim yok Nezih Topuzlu Selmi Andak Uğur Dikmen
8. Aysun Kocatepe — — Bir dolu yaz Ali Kocatepe Ali Kocatepe Özkan Turgay
9. Cantekin — Kısa Dalga Vokal Grubu, İzel Çeliköz, Ebru Yalçın, Ozan Demiralp Kim Zeynep Sayan Erol Sayan Osman İşmen
10. Grup Piramit Hakan Girit & Cem Bezeyiş & Feyyaz Kuruş & Ayhan Sayıner & Okan Tolga Merter — Sana bağlamıştım Grup Piramit Grup Piramit Levent Çoker
11. Grup Denk Oya Küçümen & Bora Ebeoğlu — Onikiden Bora Ebeoğlu Turhan Yükseler Turhan Yükseler 2
12. Grup Efekt Cihan Okan & Seden Kutlubay Elif İnce & Gülgün Yıldız & Adalet Güzey & Reyhan Karaca Camdan bir ev Zeynep Talu Melih Kibar Melih Kibar
13. Ultraviyole İlhan İrem & Gür Akad & Selim Sayarı & Elif Turhan & Murat Tümer — Yurtta barış dünyada barış İlhan İrem İlhan İrem Aykut Gürel
14. Zafer Olcay — — Barış ve sevgi dolu Adnan Ergil Buğra Uğur Buğra Uğur
15. Emel & Erdal Emel Müftüoğlu & Erdal Çelik Tanju Eren, Levent Yücel, Tibet Ağartan, Gürkan Kurtkaya Aşk yaşamaya değer Emel & Erdal Uğur Başar Uğur Başar
16. Fatih Erkoç — Ümit Açıkalın, Aylin Söğüt, Gülgün Yıldız Bitmesin bu sonbahar Cansın Erol Dr. Selahattin İçli Turhan Yükseler

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Mahzar Fuat Özkan performed fifth, after the United Kingdom and before the Netherlands. At the close of the voting Sufi had received 37 points, placing Turkey fifteenth. 8 participants had voted for Sufi. In the 1985 contest Turkey had received 36 points from 8 countries. Atilla Şereftuğ, the composer of the winner ("Ne partez pas sans moi" by Celine Dion) was a Turk living in Switzerland . The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to United Kingdom.[1]

This was the first time that Turkey gave points to Greece (3 out of 10) .

Voting

Votes of the Turkish jury:[2]

To Country Points
 United Kingdom 12
  Switzerland 10
 France 8
 Yugoslavia 7
 Netherlands 6
 Spain 5
 Italy 4
 Greece 3
 Ireland 2
 Germany 1

Votes received by the Turkish song:[2]

From Country Points
 Germany 8
 Israel 8
 France6
 Spain5
 Sweden 4
 Luxembourg 4
 United Kingdom 1
 Netherlands1

References

  1. ↑ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.161-163
  2. 1 2 Eurovision scoreboard
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