Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	25 February 1984
Selected entrant	Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra
Selected song	"Halay"
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 37 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984. The country was represented by a music group named Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra with the song “Halay” written by Ülkü Aker and composed by Selçuk Başar. The entry was chosen by a professional jury.

National Final

According to the regulations the winner had to get at least 15 points. At the end of the first voting no participant was able to qualify. At the end of the second voting however Halay (which ranked the third in the first voting) got the highest point. The group was accompanied by Arif Sağ, the renowned bağlama virtuoso.

The results of the second voting for the first three is as follows;

Rank	Song	Singer
1	Halay	Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra
2	Olmaz Olsun	Neco
3	O Şarkıyı Henüz Yazmadım	Neco

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Beş Yıl Önce On Yıl Sonra performed 15th in the running order following Germany and preceding Finland. (In the final they were not accompanied by Arif sağ) At the close of the voting Halay had received 37 points placing Turkey 12th. 8 participants had voted for Halay. This was the best result Turkey ever had in Eurovision up 70 1984.) The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Spain.^[1]

Voting

Votes of the Turkish jury:[2] To Country Points  Spain 12  Ireland 10  Yugoslavia 8  Italy 7  Finland 6  Belgium 5  Luxembourg 4  Sweden 3  Denmark 2   Switzerland 1

Votes received by the Turkish song:[2] From Country Points  Yugoslavia 10  Sweden 6   Switzerland 6  United Kingdom 5  Belgium 4  Finland 3  Ireland 2  Netherlands 1

References

1. Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.123-127
2. Scoreboard