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National final
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.
Before Eurovision
5. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
The final took place on 14 February 1981 at the TRT Studios in Ankara , hosted by Bülend Özveren . Six songs competed and the winner was determined by a jury consisting of members of the public.
Final – 14 February 1981
Draw
Artist
Song
Composer(s)
Points
Place
1
Kayahan
"Dostluk"
Aydın Esen , Leyla Seber
—
6
2
İbo & Group Vize
"Nerede o eski tangolar"
Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz
—
5
3
Ayşegül Aldinç & Modern Folk Üçlüsü
"İstanbul İstanbul"
Cenk Taşkan, Ülkü Aker
—
3
4
Coşkun Demir
"Miras"
Ali Kocatepe
—
4
5
Füsun Önal
"Bigudi"
Selçuk Başar, Ayse Irman Manioğlu
60
2
6
Ayşegül Aldinç & Modern Folk Üçlüsü
"Dönme Dolap "
Ali Kocatepe
87
1
At Eurovision
On the night of the contest Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü performed second in the running order following Austria and preceding Germany . At the close of the voting the song received 1 point from Luxembourg , 3 points from Jugoslavia and 5 point from Finland . Thus Dönme Dolap shared the 18th-19th place with Portugal . Norway was the last. Turkish jury awarded 12 points to Germany .[2]
Voting
Points awarded by Turkey
Points awarded to Turkey
Points awarded to Turkey
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
References
Participation Artists 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
Countries Artists Songs
"Aldri i livet "
"C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique "
"Dönme Dolap "
"Fångad i en dröm "
"Feggari kalokerino "
"Halayla "
"Het is een wonder "
"Horoscopes"
"Humanahum"
"Io senza te "
"Johnny Blue"
"Krøller eller ej "
"Lejla"
"Making Your Mind Up "
"Monika"
"Playback"
"Reggae OK"
"Samson"
"Wenn du da bist "
"Y sólo tú "