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
DrawSingerBand SingersVocalsŞongLyricsMusicArrangement/
Conductor		Place
1.Kayahan & 3. Nesilİskender Paydaş & Volkan Başaran & Meltem Parlak & Murat Çimenli & Fergan Mirkelam—Sokak kedisiKayahan AçarKayahan AçarÜmit Eroğlu
2.Grup Gündoğarkenİlhan Şeşen, Burhan Şeşen, Gökhan Şeşen—Resimler resimlerİlhan Şeşenİlhan ŞeşenTurhan Yükseler
3.MFÖMazhar Alanson & Fuat Güner & Özkan Uğur—SufiMazhar AlansonFuat GünerTurhan Yükseler1
4.Sevingül Bahadır—Seden Kutlubay, Elif İnceBulutlarMeltem BalAslıgül KırıcıMelih Kibar
5.Grup TemaArzu Ece & Çiğdem Tunç—Zig ZagMazhar AlansonSelçuk BaşarSelçuk Başar
6.Grup VizyonZeynep Traman & Rüya Ersavcı & Hasan Alptekin & Tayfun Duyguluer—Diskotekİlhan İremEsin EnginEsin Engin
7.Grup 88Adnan Ergil & Batuhan Şenyücel & Yonca Evcimik & Şaziye Onuray—Fazla vaktim yokNezih TopuzluSelmi AndakUğur Dikmen
8.Aysun Kocatepe——Bir dolu yazAli KocatepeAli KocatepeÖzkan Turgay
9.Cantekin—Kısa Dalga Vokal Grubu, İzel Çeliköz, Ebru Yalçın, Ozan DemiralpKimZeynep SayanErol SayanOsman İşmen
10.Grup PiramitHakan Girit & Cem Bezeyiş & Feyyaz Kuruş & Ayhan Sayıner & Okan Tolga Merter—Sana bağlamıştımGrup PiramitGrup PiramitLevent Çoker
11.Grup DenkOya Küçümen & Bora Ebeoğlu—OnikidenBora EbeoğluTurhan YükselerTurhan Yükseler2
12.Grup EfektCihan Okan & Seden KutlubayElif İnce & Gülgün Yıldız & Adalet Güzey & Reyhan KaracaCamdan bir evZeynep TaluMelih KibarMelih Kibar
13.Ultraviyoleİlhan İrem & Gür Akad & Selim Sayarı & Elif Turhan & Murat Tümer—Yurtta barış dünyada barışİlhan İremİlhan İremAykut Gürel
14.Zafer Olcay——Barış ve sevgi doluAdnan ErgilBuğra UğurBuğra Uğur
15.Emel & ErdalEmel Müftüoğlu & Erdal ÇelikTanju Eren, Levent Yücel, Tibet Ağartan, Gürkan KurtkayaAşk yaşamaya değerEmel & ErdalUğur BaşarUğur Başar
16.Fatih Erkoç—Ümit Açıkalın, Aylin Söğüt, Gülgün YıldızBitmesin bu sonbaharCansın ErolDr. Selahattin İçliTurhan 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

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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