Turkey has participated Eurovision Song Contest since 1975. Eurovision affected Turkish pop music in 70s and 80s. Turkish artists sang Eurovision songs in Turkish. We show some examples*…
*We dedicate this article to our Turkish fans and who miss Turkey in Eurovision:
1967- UK, Sandie Shaw “Puppet on a string”
Suna Artun “Ben Senin Kuklan Değilim:
1968- Spain, Massiel “La La La“
Berkant “İhtiyacın olursa”:
1968- UK, Cliff Richard “Congratulations”
Onay Işıl “Tebrik ederim”
1973- Luxembourg, Anna Maria David “Tu Te Reconnaîtras”
Nilüfer (She represented Turkey with Group Nazar in 1978) “Göreceksin Kendini” :
1974- Sweden, ABBA “Waterloo“
Nirgün Atılgan “Oldu mu?” :
1975- The Netherlands, Teach-In “Ding-a-dong”
Füsun Önal “Söyleyin Arkadaşlar”:
1977- France, Marie Myriam “L’oiseau et l’enfant”
Lale Belkıs ” Yolun açık olsun”
1977- Greece, Pascalis, Marianna, Robert & Bessy “Mathima Solfège“
Ayşe Mine “Sıkı Fıkı”
1979- Greece, Elpida “Socrates”
Nilüfer “Beyaz Mendil”
1983- Israel, Ofra Haza “Chai”
Beş yıl önce on yıl sonra (They represented Turkey in 1984) “Hay hay”
1983- Luxembourg, Corinne Hermès – “Si la vie est cadeau”
Beş yıl önce on yıl sonra (They represented Turkey in 1984) “Aşk Bir Armağan”:
1990- Spain, Azucar Moreno “Bandido”
Aşın Nur Yengi “Zehir Gibisin”:
1998- UK, Imaani “Where Are You?”
Meltem Cumbul (Host of Eurovision 2004) “Seninleyim”:
2004- Serbia-Montenegro, Zeljko Joksimovic”Lane Moje”
Yeşim Salkım “Zaman Çok Daraldı”:
2005 – Spain, Son de Sol “Brujería”
Serdar Ortaç “Sor”
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2010- Germany, Lena “Satellite”
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