Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

Turkey was represented by Çetin Alp & the Short Waves at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Munich on 23 April 1983. Çetin Alp won the rights to represent Turkey on 4 March 1983.

Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Country Turkey
National selection
Selection process7. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)4 March 1983
Selected entrantÇetin Alp & the Short Waves
Selected song"Opera"
Finals performance
Final result19th, 0 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1982 1983 1984►

Before Eurovision

7. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The final took place on 4 March 1983 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Başak Doğru. Eight songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.[1]

Final – 4 March 1983
Draw Artist Song Composer(s) Place
1 Vedat Sakman "Müzisyen" Vedat Sakman
2 Hakan Sıvacı "Boğaziçi" Gürol Ağirbaş, Selim Ağırbaş
3 Ayşegül Aldinç "Heyecan" Selahattin Icli, Cansın Erol 3
4 Mehmet Senpeç "Yaşayamam" Yusuf Eradam
5 Coşkun Demir "Dön bana" Aydın Esen, Karen Garson
6 Çetin Alp & the Short Waves "Opera" Aysel Gürel, Buğra Uğur 1
7 Mavi Yolcular "Heyamola" Ali Kocatepe
8 Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra "Atlantis" Atilla Özdemiroğlu, Aysel Gürel 2

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Alp performed 6th following Italy and preceding Spain. At the close of voting Opera had received the dreaded nul points placing Turkey joint 19 place (along with Spain). The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.

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