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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Unutamazsın", composed by Erdinç Tunç, with lyrics by Canan Tunç, and performed by Tüzmen. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1998 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating broadcaster | Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) | |||
| Country |  Turkey | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | 21. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali | |||
| Selection date(s) | 28 February 1998 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Tüzmen | |||
| Selected song | "Unutamazsın" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 14th, 25 points | |||
| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
edit21. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
edit67 songs were submitted to Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) that selected ten of them for the national final.
The final took place on 28 February 1998 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren and Ekin Olcayto. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. One of the 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.[1] [2]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyricist | Composer | Conductor | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metropolis Sürgünleri (Özle Şenözfesçi, Zafer Erdaş, Gülden Evrim Keskin, Tayfun Çıkıkcı) | "Kayıp Aşk" | Semih Güneri | Semih Güneri | Semih Güneri | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Tuğrul Arsever | "Oyna" | Sevingül Bahadır | Aslıgül Ayas | Timur Selçuk | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Meltem Büyükuğurgör | "Soramadım" | Hakan Süersan | Hakan Süersan | Hakan Süersan | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Pamela Spence | "Gökkuşağı" | İlter Yeşilay | Bilge Yüksel Dural | Ümit Eroğlu | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Berk Özbek | "Serden Geçtiğim" | Çetin Akcan | Serpil Toparlak | Doğan Kospançalı | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Kubat | "Dertli Saz" | Günay Çoban | Mete Aydın Çelik | Volkan Şanda | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Tüzmen | "Unutamazsın" | Canan Tunç | Erdinç Tunç | Ümit Eroğlu | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Şebnem Paker | "Çal" | Günay Çoban | Levent Çoker | Levent Çoker | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Elçin Engin | "Yalan Aşklar" | Hale Turan | Şansal Engin | Ümit Eroğlu | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Gözde Ural & Elif Özel | "Sevmek Zamanı" | Aylin Sarıkayalı | Mine Mucur | Sadun Ersönmez | 0 | 7 |
At Eurovision
editHeading into the final of the contest, BBC reported that bookmakers ranked the entry joint 25th (last) out of the 25 entries.[3] On the night of the contest Tüzmen performed 24th in the running order, following Estonia and preceding Macedonia. At the close of the voting, Unutamazsın had received 25 points, placing Turkey 14th out of 25 contestants.[4] Only five participants had voted for Unutamazsın. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.[5]
Voting
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References
edit- ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1998".
- ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1998 Final".
- ^ "The bookies' favourites". BBC News. 8 May 1998. Archived from the original on 1 November 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.230-234
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.