Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980. The country was represented by Ajda Pekkan with the song “Pet'r Oil” written by Şanar Yurdatapan and composed by Atilla Özdemiroğlu.

The entry was chosen during a national final called Şarkı Yarışması, held on February 24, 1980 at the TRT Studios in Ankara. The final was hosted by Bülend Özveren.

National final

Pekkan, who had already been chosen to represent Turkey, sang three songs in the final. A jury chose the best song.

Draw	Song	Informal translation	Place
1	"Olsam"	If I am	2nd
2	"Pet'r oil"	Petrol	1st
3	"Bir dünya ver bana"	Give me a world	3rd

Voting

Points Awarded by Turkey

12 points	Netherlands
10 points	Germany
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Spain
6 points	Italy
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Portugal
3 points	France
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Luxembourg

Points Received by Turkey
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Morocco		Italy
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Austria

References

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 2016~~

Artists

1970s	~~1970 to 1974~~ Semiha Yankı ~~1976 to 1977~~ Nilüfer and Nazar ~~1979~~

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 2014~~

Songs

1970s	~~1970 to 1974~~ "Seninle Bir Dakika" ~~1976 to 1977~~ "Sevince" ~~1979~~

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 2014~~

(Note: Entries scored out are when Turkey did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1980

Countries

Final (by final results)	Ireland (winner) Germany United Kingdom Switzerland Netherlands Italy Portugal Austria Luxembourg Sweden France Spain Greece Denmark Turkey Norway Belgium Morocco Finland

Withdrawn	Israel

Artists

Final (by final results)	Johnny Logan Katja Ebstein Prima Donna Paola Maggie MacNeal Alan Sorrenti José Cid Blue Danube Sophie & Magaly Tomas Ledin Profil Trigo Limpio Anna Vissi and the Epikouri Bamses Venner Ajda Pekkan Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta Telex Samira Bensaïd Vesa-Matti Loiri

Withdrawn	The Brothers & the Sisters

Songs

Final (by final results)	"What's Another Year" "Theater" "Love Enough for Two" "Cinéma" "Amsterdam" "Non so che darei" "Um grande, grande amor" "Du bist Musik" "Papa pingouin" "Just nu!" "Hé, hé, m'sieurs dames" "Quédate esta noche" "Autostop" "Tænker altid på dig" "Petr'Oil" "Sámiid Ædnan" "Euro-Vision" "Bitaqat Khub" "Huilumies"

Withdrawn	"Pizmon Hozer"

(Note: All information are in order of appearance)

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