Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Turkey was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 by a music trio named Mazhar Fuat Özkan (names of the members) with the song "Sufi", written and composed by the trio.

Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Country Turkey
National selection
Selection processNational Final (12. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali)
Selection date(s)13 February 1988
Selected entrantMazhar Fuat Özkan (MFÖ)
Selected song"Sufi"
Finals performance
Final result15th, 37 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1987 1988 1989►

Before Eurovision

12. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The national final featured songs written by seventeen composers directly invited by TRT. However, Attila Özdemiroğlu, one of the invited composers, did not submit a song for unknown reasons.

The final took place on 13 February 1988 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Canan Kumbasar. Sixteen songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. As there was a tie at the end of the voting, the head of the jury selected "Sufi" performed by MFÖ as the winner.[1]

Final – 13 February 1988
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)Place
1Kayahan & 3. Nesil"Sokak kedisi"Kayahan Açar
2Grup Gündoğarken"Resimler resimler"İlhan Şeşen
3MFÖ"Sufi"Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner1
4Sevingül Bahadır"Bulutlar"Meltem Bal, Aslıgül Kırıcı
5Grup Tema"Zig Zag"Mazhar Alanson, Selçuk Başar
6Grup Vizyon"Diskotek"İlhan İrem, Esin Engin
7Grup 88"Fazla vaktim yok"Nezih Topuzlu, Selmi Andak
8Aysun Kocatepe"Bir dolu yaz"Ali Kocatepe
9Cantekin"Kim"Zeynep Sayan, Erol Sayan
10Grup Piramit"Sana bağlamıştım"Grup Piramit
11Grup Denk"Onikiden"Bora Ebeoğlu, Turhan Yükseler2
12Grup Efekt"Camdan bir ev"Zeynep Talu, Melih Kibar
13Ultraviyole"Yurtta barış dünyada barış"İlhan İrem
14Zafer Olcay"Barış ve sevgi dolu"Adnan Ergil, Buğra Uğur
15Emel & Erdal"Aşk yaşamaya değer"Emel & Erdal, Uğur Başar
16Fatih Erkoç"Bitmesin bu sonbahar"Cansın Erol, Dr. Selahattin İçli

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Mahzar Fuat Özkan performed fifth, after the United Kingdom and before the Netherlands. At the close of the voting Sufi had received 37 points, placing Turkey fifteenth. 8 participants had voted for Sufi. In the 1985 contest Turkey had received 37 points from 8 countries. Atilla Şereftuğ, the composer of the winner ("Ne partez pas sans moi" by Celine Dion) was a Turk living in Switzerland . The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.[2]

This was the first time that Turkey gave points to Greece (3 out of 10) .

Points awarded to Turkey

Points awarded to Turkey
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded by Turkey
12 points United Kingdom
10 points  Switzerland
8 points France
7 points Yugoslavia
6 points Netherlands
5 points Spain
4 points Italy
3 points Greece
2 points Ireland
1 point Germany

References

  1. "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1988".
  2. Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.161-163
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