Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	22. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	12 March 1999
Selected artist(s)	Tuba Önal & Mistik
Selected song	"Dön Artık"
Finals performance
Final result	16th, 21 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1998 • 1999 • 2000►

Turkey entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with Tuba Önal & Mistik with the song "Dön Artık" (English: Come Back).

Before Eurovision

22. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The final took place on 12 March 1999 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Ömer Önder and Gülşah Banda. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. Only the top three songs were announced.

Final – 12 March 1999
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Place
1	Sedat Yüce	"Bırak Beni"	Savaş Savaşam	—
2	Tuba Önal & Mistik	"Dön Artık"	Erdinç Tunç, Canan Tunç	1
3	Meltem Büyükuğurgör	"Vazgeçme"	Hakan Süersan	—
4	Volkan Eröz	"Kolay Mı Bırakmak?"	Özgür Yedievli	—
5	Kaan Yalçın	"Neredesin"	Can Atilla, Emel Atilla	3
6	Sibel Mirkelam	"Selam Sana Toprak Ana"	Nino Varon, Figen Çakman	—
7	Birsen Tezer	"Haydi El Ele"	Semra Öztan	—
8	Neslihan Demirtaş	"Döne Döne"	Mehmet Kartalkanat	—
9	Feryal Başel	"Unuttuğumu Sandığım Anda"	İhsan Kösoğlu	2
10	Group M-B	"Her Nefeste"	Menent Savaş, Berk Özbek	—

At Eurovision

Önal performed his song 7th on the night of the contest, following Slovenia and preceding Norway. At the close of the voting it had received 21 points, placing 16th in a field of 23.

Points awarded from Turkey

12 points	Germany
10 points	Iceland
8 points	Croatia
7 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Israel
2 points	France
1 point	Ireland

Points awarded to Turkey

Points awarded to Turkey (final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Germany
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
France	Norway