Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	7 March 1982
Selected entrant	Neco
Selected song	"Hani?"
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 20 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1981 • 1982 • 1983►

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982. The country was represented by Neco with the song “Hani?” written by Faik Tuğsuz and composed by Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz. The entry was chosen by a professional jury.

National Final

The professional jury announced the results on 7 March 1982 in Ankara.

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Neco performed 5th in the running order following United Kingdom and preceding Finland. At the close of the voting Hani had received 20 points placing Turkey 15th. 6 participants had voted for Hani. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Germany.^[1]

Voting

Votes of the Turkish jury:^[2]

To Country Points  Germany 12  United Kingdom 10  Spain 8  Austria 7  Belgium 6  Portugal 5  Yugoslavia 4  Luxembourg 3   Switzerland 2  Ireland 1

Votes received by the Turkish song:[2] From Country Points  Luxembourg 8  Norway 3   Switzerland 3  Austria 3  Netherlands 2  Finland 1

References

1. ↑ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.109-1114
2. 1 2 Scoreboard

Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1975 1976 to 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 to 2017
Artists 1970s 1970 to 1974 Semiha Yankı 1976 to 1977 Nilüfer and Nazar Maria Rita Epik and 21. Peron 1980s Ajda Pekkan Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül Neco Çetin Alp and The Short Waves Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra MFÖ Klips ve Onlar Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif MFÖ Pan 1990s Kayahan İzel, Reyhan and Can Aylin Vatankoş Burak Aydos 1994 Arzu Ece Şebnem Paker Şebnem Paker and Etnik Tüzmen Tuba Önal 2000s Pınar Ayhan and The SOS Sedat Yüce Buket Bengisu and Safir Sertab Erener Athena Gülseren Sibel Tüzün Kenan Doğulu Mor ve Ötesi Hadise 2010s maNga Yüksek Sadakat Can Bonomo 2013 to 2017
Songs 1970s 1970 to 1974 "Seninle Bir Dakika" 1976 to 1977 "Sevince" Seviyorum 1980s "Petrol" "Dönme Dolap" "Hani?" "Opera" "Halay" "Diday diday day" "Halley" "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" "Sufi" "Bana Bana" 1990s "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" "İki Dakika" "Yaz Bitti" "Esmer Yarim" 1994 "Sev" "Beşinci Mevsim" "Dinle" "Unutamazsın" "Dön Artık" 2000s "Yorgunum Anla" "Sevgiliye Son" "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" "Everyway That I Can" "For Real" "Rimi Rimi Ley" "Süperstar" "Shake It Up Şekerim" "Deli" "Düm Tek Tek" 2010s "We Could Be the Same" "Live It Up" "Love Me Back" 2013 to 2017
(Note: Entries scored out are when Turkey did not compete)