Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985. The country was represented by a music trio named Mazhar Fuat Özkan (names of the members) with the song “Aşık Oldum” written by Mazhar Alanson (Mazhar) and composed by the trio. The entry was chosen by a professional jury.

National Final

9 songs Participated in the national final held on 1 March 1985. The first three were the following

Rank	Song	Singer
1	Aşık Oldum	Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan
2	Sev	Nüket Duru & Neco
3	Güneş Bir Kere Doğdu	Nil Burak

After the preselection the song was arranged for the big orchestra by Garo Mafyan.

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Mahzar Fuat Özkan performed 7th in the running order following France and preceding Belgium. The name of the trio was announced as MFO (abbreviated for Mahzar Fuat Özkan) and the name of the song as Didai Didai Dai. At the close of the voting Didai Didai Dai had received 36 points placing Turkey 14th. 8 participants had voted for Didai Didai Dai. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Spain.^[1]

Voting

Votes of the Turkish jury:^[2]

To Country	Points
Spain	12
United Kingdom	10
Italy	8
Belgium	7
Switzerland	6
Ireland	5
Sweden	4
Finland	3
Portugal	2
France	1

Votes received by the Turkish song:^[2]

From Country	Points
Switzerland	12
United Kingdom	8
Ireland	7
Spain	3
Finland	2
Germany	2
Belgium	1
Norway	1

References

↑ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.131-134
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 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)

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