Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Halley", composed by Melih Kibar, with lyrics by İlhan İrem, and performed by the quintet Klips ve Onlar. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Participating broadcaster	Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	10. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	15 March 1986
Selected artist(s)	Klips ve Onlar
Selected song	"Halley"
Selected songwriter(s)	Melih Kibar İlhan İrem
Finals performance
Final result	9th, 53 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

10. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 15 March 1986 at the Ari TV studios in Ankara, hosted by Erkan Yolaç. Four songs competed and the winner was determined by a sixteen-member jury. As there was a tie at the end of the voting, the head of the jury ended up having his vote counted twice, resulting in the victory of "Halley" performed by the quintet Klips ve Onlar (Sevingül Bahadır, Gür Akad, Emre Tukur, Derya Bozkurt and Seden Kutlubay).^{[1] [2]}

Final – 15 March 1986

Draw	Artist	Song	Lyricist	Composer	Votes	Place
1	Klips ve Onlar	"Halley"	İlhan İrem	Melih Kibar	9	1
2	Seyyal Taner	"Dünya"	Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz	Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz	8	2
3	Nil Burak & İbo	"Yaşa Yaşa"	Aysel Gürel	Selmi Andak	0	3
4	Nilüfer	"Bu Film Bitmeli"	Fikret Şeneş	Selçuk Başar	0	3

At Eurovision

Klips ve Onlar performed eighth on the night of the contest, following the Netherlands and preceding Spain. Before competing in Bergen, Seden Kutlubay was replaced in the quintet with Candan Erçetin.

At the close of the voting the song had received 53 points, placing 9th in a field of 20 competing countries.^[3] It was the best ranking Turkey had received in the Contest up to that time, and will remain so until 1997.

The members of the Turkish jury included Ayça Eren, Ziya Anadol, Kaan Bozoğlu, Ayşegül Soyalp, Özlem Budakoğlu, Fatma Dikmen, Alaaddin Torun, İlhan Aslanboğan, Zahide Azılı, Saadet Aktemel, and Suhal Eriş.^[4]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey[5] Score Country 12 points  Yugoslavia 10 points 8 points  Germany   Switzerland 7 points 6 points  Belgium  Luxembourg  Netherlands 5 points 4 points 3 points  Israel 2 points  Austria  United Kingdom 1 point

Points awarded by Turkey[5] Score Country 12 points  Belgium 10 points   Switzerland 8 points  Spain 7 points  Netherlands 6 points  United Kingdom 5 points  Ireland 4 points  Portugal 3 points  Yugoslavia 2 points  Iceland 1 point  Finland

References

1. "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1986".
2. "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1986 Final".
3. "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
4. "Halley'in büyük başarısı, Erhan Güner, Milliyet, 4 May 1986
5. "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links

• Turkish National Final 1986