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Turkey in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Participating broadcaster

Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)

Country

Turkey

Selection process

17. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Selection date

13 March 1993

Competing entry

Song

"Esmer Yarim"

Artist

Burak Aydos

Songwriter

Burak Aydos

Placement

Final result

21st, 10 points

Participation chronology

◄1992 •

1993

• 1995►

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Esmer Yarim", written and performed by Burak Aydos. The Turkish participating broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

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17. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The Turkish broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, held in Millstreet, Ireland.

The final took place on 13 March 1993 at the Andromeda discotheque in Istanbul, hosted by Ömer Önder. Eight songs competed and the winner was determined by the audience present in the Andromeda. Only the top 3 songs were announced.

Final – 13 March 1993
Draw	Artist	Song	Lyricists	Composer	Place
1	Deniz Şafak Yaprak	"Son Senfoni"	Figen Çakmak	Figen Çakmak	3
2	Şebnem Özsaran & Grubu	"Biz Çocuklar"	Kadriye Bayraşa, Şebnem Özsaran	Müfit Bayraşa	—
3	Erdal Çelik	"Yanımda Olmazsan"	Soner Arıca,	Aslıgül Ayas	—
4	Sinan Erkoç & Grup 34 TR 93	"Son Gece"	Nurhan Gürdil	Tolga Gürdil	2
5	Sonat Bağcan & Seda Bağcan	"Yarın Çok Güzel Olmalıyım Anne"	Savaş Bağcan	Savaş Bağcan	—
6	Şebnem Özsaran	"Gülümse"	Oya El-Cherbiny, Şebnem Özsaran	Zafer Çebi	—
7	Burak Aydos, Serter Öztürk & Barbaros Öztürk	"Esmer Yarim"	Burak Aydos	Burak Aydos	1
8	Grup Pi	"Seviyorum"	Çetin Akcan	Ali Otyam	—

At Eurovision

The contest was broadcast by TRT 1 (with commentary by Bülend Özveren).^[1]

Aydos performed second on the night of the contest, following Italy and preceding Germany. He received 10 points in total, placing 21st in a field of 25, relegating the country from taking part in the 1994 Contest.^[2] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[3]

TRT appointed Ömer Önder [tr] as the jury spokesperson for Turkey.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey^[3]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points	Spain
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 point	Croatia Iceland

Points awarded by Turkey^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 points	Norway
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	France
6 points	Netherlands
5 points	Malta
4 points	Austria
3 points	Finland
2 points	Greece
1 point	Ireland

References

^ ^a ^b "TV Magazin" [TV Magazine]. Milliyet (in Turkish). Istanbul, Turkey. 15 May 1993. p. 23. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
^ "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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Artists	~~21. Peron~~ Çetin Alp Athena Pınar Ayhan Burak Aydos Ayşegül Buket Bengisu Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra Can Bonomo İzel Çeliköz Kenan Doğulu Arzu Ece Sertab Erener ~~Maria Rita Epik~~ Grup Etnik Gülseren Hadise Reyhan Karaca Kayahan Klips ve Onlar Grup Lokomotif Manga MFÖ Grup Mistik Modern Folk Trio Mor ve Ötesi Neco Nilüfer Tuba Önal Şebnem Paker Pan Ajda Pekkan Grup Safir The Short Waves The S.O.S. Seyyal Taner Tüzmen Sibel Tüzün Can Uğurluer Aylin Vatankoş Semiha Yankı Sedat Yüce Yüksek Sadakat
Songs	"Bana Bana" "Beşinci Mevsim" "Deli" "Didai Didai Dai" "Dinle" "Dön Artık" "Dönme Dolap" "Düm Tek Tek" "Esmer Yarim" "Everyway That I Can" "For Real" "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" "Halay" "Halley" "Hani?" "İki Dakika" "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" "Live It Up" "Love Me Back" "Opera" "Pet'r Oil" "Rimi Rimi Ley" "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" "Seninle Bir Dakika" "Sev" "Sevgiliye Son" "Sevince" ~~"Seviyorum"~~ "Shake It Up Şekerim" "Sufi" "Süper Star" "Unutamazsın" "We Could Be the Same" "Yaz Bitti" "Yorgunum Anla"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Turkey did not compete.

Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Kvalifikacija za Millstreet

Countries

Final	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Portugal Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Qualification	Estonia Hungary Romania Slovakia

Artists

Final	1X Band Anabela Arvingarna Annie Cotton Burak Aydos, Öztürk Baybora and Serter Barbara Dex Fazla Patrick Fiori Katri Helena Katerina Garbi Inga Ruth Jacott Niamh Kavanagh William Mangion Modern Times Münchener Freiheit Put Enrico Ruggeri Eva Santamaría Seebach Band Sonia Lehakat Shiru Silje Vige Tony Wegas Zimboulakis and Van Beke
Qualification	Dida Drăgan Elán Janika Sillamaa Andrea Szulák

Songs

Final

"Alle mine tankar"
"Better the Devil You Know"
"A cidade (até ser dia)"
"Donne-moi une chance"
"Don't Ever Cry"
"Ellada, hora tou fotos"
"Eloise"
"Esmer Yarim"
"Hombres"
"Iemand als jij"
"In Your Eyes"
"Mama Corsica"
"Maria Magdalena"
"Mi stamatas"
"Moi, tout simplement"
"Shiru"
"Sole d'Europa"
"Sva bol svijeta"
"Þá veistu svarið"
"Tih deževen dan"
"This Time"
"Tule luo"
"Under stjernerne på himlen"
"Viel zu weit"
"Vrede"

Qualification

"Amnestia na neveru"
"Árva reggel"
"Muretut meelt ja südametuld"
"Nu pleca"

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