Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Sev", composed by Melih Kibar, with lyrics by Zeynep Talu, and performed by Arzu Ece. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Participating broadcaster	Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	18. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	18 March 1995
Selected artist(s)	Arzu Ece
Selected song	"Sev"
Selected songwriter(s)	Melih Kibar Zeynep Talu Kurşuncu
Finals performance
Final result	16th, 21 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

18. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 18 March 1995 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by Yesmin Ertugrul and Bülend Özveren. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.^{[1] [2]}

Although the original singer of "Sev" was Yeşim Dönüş Işın, Arzu Ece took the place of Yeşim upon the warning of the jury.

Final – 18 March 1995

Draw	Artist	Song	Lyricist	Composer	Place
1	Fatih Erkoç	"Duygular"	Fatih Erkoç	Fatih Erkoç	9
2	Elif Ersoy	"Bana Şans Dile"	Zeynep Talu	Garo Mafyan	6
3	Grup Met (Elif Gezen, Deniz Vardaryıldızı, Özlem Büyükuğurgör, İlker Özdemir, Orhan Balmumcu, İsmet Müftüoğlu)	"Duysun Şarkılar"	Nezih Topuzlu	Selmi Andak	3
4	Arzu Ece & Fatih Erkoç	"Sevda"	Aysel Gürel	Uğur Başar	4
5	Diler Türkmen	"Aşkımla Oynama"	Eda Özülkü	Metin Özülkü	8
6	Arzu Ece	"Sev"	Zeynep Talu	Melih Kibar	1
7	Toygarhan Atuner	"Çöl Güneşi"	Ercan Saatçi	Aykut Gürel	5
8	Serpil Barlas & Orient Ekspres (Şehnaz Sam, Nazlı Tosunoğlu, Alev Aldırmaz)	"2001"	Selma Çuhacı	Uğur Dikmen	2
9	Berna Keser	"Rüzgarlar Vedaya Karşı"	Mustafa Sandal	Mustafa Sandal	10
10	Suavi	"Önce Sen Vardın"	Suavi Saygan	Müfit Bayraşa	7

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Arzu Ece performed 10th in the running order following Spain and preceding Croatia. At the close of the voting the song had received 21 points placing Turkey 16th.^[3] 7 participants had voted for Sev. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Norway.^[4]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey[5] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points  Malta 6 points 5 points  Croatia 4 points 3 points  Slovenia 2 points  Spain  United Kingdom 1 point  Belgium  Israel

Points awarded by Turkey[5] Score Country 12 points  Norway 10 points  Malta 8 points  Spain 7 points  Croatia 6 points  Denmark 5 points  Ireland 4 points  Austria 3 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 points  France 1 point  Sweden

References

1. "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1995".
2. "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1995 Final".
3. "Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
4. Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.214-217
5. "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.