Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	28 February 1998
Selected artist(s)	Tüzmen
Selected song	"Unutamazsın"
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 25 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. The country was represented by Tüzmen with the song “Unutamazsın” written by Canan Tunç and composed by Erdinç Tunç. The entry was chosen by a professional jury.

National Final

The professional jury announced the results on 28 February 1998 in Ankara.

Draw	Şong	Singer	Lyrics	Music	Conductor	Points	Place
1.	"Kayıp Aşk"	Metropolis Sürgünleri	Semih Güneri	Semih Güneri	Semih Güneri	1	4
2.	"Oyna"	Tuğrul Arsever	Sevingül Bahadır	Aslıgül Ayas	Mertol Şalt	2	2
3.	"Soramadım"	Meltem Büyükuğurgör	Hakan Süersan	Hakan Süersan	Hakan Süersan	0	7
4.	"Gökkuşağı"	Pamela Spence	İlker Yeşilay	Melih Yüksel Dural	Mete Artun	0	7
5.	"Serden Geçtiğim"	Berk Özbek	Çetin Akcan	Serpil Toparlak	Doğan Kospançalı	1	4
6.	"Dertli Saz"	Kubat	Günay Çoban	Mete Aydın Çelik	Volkan Şanda	2	2
7	"Unutamazsın"	Tüzmen	Canan Tunç	Erdinç Tunç	Ümit Eroğlu	4	1
8.	"Çal"	Şebnem Paker	Zerrin Alporal	Levent Çoker	Levent Çoker	1	4
9.	"Yalan Aşklar"	Elçin Engin	Hale Turan	Şansal Engin	Ümit Eroğlu	0	7
10.	"Sevmek Zamanı"	Gözde Ural, Elif Özel	Aylin Uçanlar	Mine Mucur	Sadun Ersönmez	0	7

One of the above contestants, Şebnem Paker and her group, had performed in Eurovision Song Contest 1997 and had received the highest points for Turkey up to 1997, but in 1998 they couldn't repeat their previous success.

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Tüzmen performed 24th in the running order following Estonia and preceding Mecedonia. At the close of the voting Unutamazsın had received 25 points placing Turkey 14th. Only five participants had voted for Unutamazsın. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to United Kingdom.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey

Points Awarded to Turkey
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Germany
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Croatia Macedonia			Romania	Netherlands

Points Awarded by Turkey

12 points	United Kingdom
10 points	Malta
8 points	Ireland
7 points	Netherlands
6 points	Portugal
5 points	Israel
4 points	Croatia
3 points	Slovenia
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Belgium

References

^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.230-234

[1] Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.230-234

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Artists	~~21. Peron~~ Çetin Alp Athena Pınar Ayhan Burak Aydos Ayşegül Buket Bengisu and Group Safir Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra Can Bonomo İzel Çeliköz Kenan Doğulu Arzu Ece Sertab Erener ~~Maria Rita Epik~~ Grup Etnik Gülseren Hadise Reyhan Karaca Kayahan Klips ve Onlar Lokomotif Manga MFÖ Grup Mistik Modern Folk Trio Mor ve Ötesi Nazar Neco Nilüfer Tuba Önal Şebnem Paker Pan Ajda Pekkan The Short Waves The S.O.S. Seyyal Taner Tüzmen Sibel Tüzün Can Uğurluer Aylin Vatankoş Semiha Yankı Sedat Yüce Yüksek Sadakat
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

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Countries	Belgium Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Alma Lusa Charlie Chiara Mélanie Cohl Dana International Danijela Edea Edsilia Lars A. Fredriksen Gunvor Michael Hajiyanni Katarína Hasprová Mikel Herzog Guildo Horn Imaani Vlado Janevski Jill Johnson Marie Line Dawn Martin Mălina Olinescu Vili Resnik Sixteen Thalassa Koit Toome Tüzmen
Songs	"A holnap már nem lesz szomorú" "Aava" "Alltid sommer" "Dis oui" "Diva" "Eu cred" "Genesis" "Guildo hat euch lieb!" "Hemel en aarde" "Is Always Over Now?" "Kärleken är" "Lass ihn" "Mere lapsed" "Mia krifi evaisthisia" "Modlitba" "Naj bogovi slišijo" "Ne zori, zoro" "Neka mi ne svane" "The One That I Love" "Où aller" "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" "Se eu te pudesse abraçar" "To takie proste" "Unutamazsın" "Where Are You?"