Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987
| Eurovision Song Contest 1987 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Turkey | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | 11. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali | |||
| Selection date(s) | 21 February 1987 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Seyyal Taner & Grup Lokomotif | |||
| Selected song | "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 22nd, 0 points | |||
| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Turkey was represented by Seyyal Taner & Lokomotif at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Brussels on May 9, 1987. Taner and her backing group won the rights to represent Turkey on the 21 February 1987.
National Final
The final took place at the studios of TRT in Ankara, television presenter and Turkish commentator Bülend Özveren hosted the event. Eight songs were selected to perform in the final and voting was calculated by regional juries. Other participants included past and future Turkish representative MFÖ (1985, 1988), Arzu Ece (1989, 1995), Kayahan (1990) and Nilüfer Yumlu (1978).
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seden Kutlubay, Vedat Sakman & Grup Piramit | Hayat pencerenin dışında | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Denk | Paydos | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Arzu, Rüya, Fatih & Harun | Keloğlan | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Kayahan Açar, Nilüfer Yumlu, Emel Müftüoğlu, Erdal Çelik, Yeşim & Ayşe | Güneşli bir resim çiz bana | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Fatih Erkoç | Dünya barışı için | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Aşkın Nur Yengi, Harun Kolçak & Grup Periyod | Güzel şeyler söyle | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan | No problem | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Ahmet Özhan | Gülümse biraz | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Arzu Ece & Cihan Okan | Bir gün bize yetmez | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Seyyal Taner & Grup Lokomotif | Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne | 14 | 1 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the contest, Turkey performed 10th following Spain and preceding Greece. At the close of voting Turkey had received no points (nul points) placing Turkey last out of 22 entries. At the time this was the worst last placing for a country as it was the largest contest. This was also the third time Turkey came last in the contest and the second time they had received nul points. Since then Turkey has not come last in the contest ever since the 1987 contest.