Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 11 March 1989 at the Ari TV studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülent Özveren and Güler Kazmaci. Sixteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries.[1][2]
Final – 11 March 1989
Draw
Artist
Song
Lyricist
Composer
Points
Place
1
Grup Denk (Oya Küçümen, Bora Ebeoğlu, Cezmi Başeğmez, İsmail Soyberk, Cengiz Baltepe)
On the night of the contest Pan performed 5th in the running order following the Netherlands preceding Belgium. At the close of the voting Bana Bana had received only 5 points, placing Turkey 21st among 22.[3] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.[4]