Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
| Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
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| Country |  Turkey | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | 10. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali | |||
| Selection date(s) | 15 March 1986 | |||
| Selected entrant | Klips ve Onlar | |||
| Selected song | "Halley" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 9th, 53 points | |||
| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Turkey was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway. They were represented by "Halley" performed by the quintet Klips ve Onlar (Sevingül Bahadır, Gür Akad, Emre Tukur, Derya Bozkurt and Seden Kutlubay). The song was composed by Melih Kibar with lyrics by İlhan İrem.
Before Eurovision
10. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
The final took place on 15 March 1986 at the Ari TV studios in Ankara, hosted by Erkan Yolaç. Four songs competed and the winner was determined by a sixteen-member jury. As there was a tie at the end of the voting, the head of the jury ended up having his vote counted twice, resulting in the victory of "Halley" performed by Klips ve Onlar.[1]
| Final – 15 March 1986 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Votes | Place |
| 1 | Klips ve Onlar | "Halley" | İlhan İrem, Melih Kibar | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Seyyal Taner | "Dünya" | Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz | 8 | 2 |
| 3 | Nil Burak & Ibo | "Yaşa yaşa" | Aysel Gürel, Selmi Andak | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Nilüfer | "Bu film bitmeli" | Fikret Şeneş, Selçuk Başar | 0 | 3 |
At Eurovision
Klips ve Onlar performed eighth on the night of the contest, following the Netherlands and preceding Spain. Before competing in Bergen, Seden Kutlubay was replaced in the quintet with Candan Erçetin.
At the close of the voting the song had received 53 points, placing 9th in a field of 20 competing countries. It was the highest ranking Turkey had received in the Contest up to that time.
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
Points awarded by Turkey
| 12 points |  Belgium
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| 10 points |  Switzerland
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| 8 points |  Spain
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| 7 points |  Netherlands
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| 6 points |  United Kingdom
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| 5 points |  Ireland
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| 4 points |  Portugal
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| 3 points |  Yugoslavia
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| 2 points |  Iceland
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| 1 point |  Finland
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References
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