Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992

Turkey in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Turkey in the; Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Participating broadcaster	Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)
Country	Turkey
Selection process	16. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date	21 March 1992
Competing entry
Song	"Yaz Bitti"
Artist	Aylin Vatankoş
Songwriters	Aldoğan Şimşekyay; Aylin Uçanlar;
Placement
Final result	19th, 17 points
Participation chronology

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "Yaz Bitti", composed by Aldoğan Şimşekyay, with lyrics by Aylin Uçanlar, and performed by Aylin Vatankoş. The Turkish participating broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

16. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The Turkish broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, to be held in Malmö, Sweden.

TRT held the national final on 21 March 1992 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by Nevin Agiç and Bülend Özveren. Thirteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries.

Final – 21 March 1992
Draw	Artist	Song	Lyricist	Composer	Points	Place
1	Melis Sökmen & Ercüment Vural	"Dön Geri"	Nurhan Gürdil	Tolga Gürdil	62	3
2	Candan Erçetin & Sinan Erkoç	"Ben Seni İsterim"	Metin Özülkü	Mehmet Sezer	26	8
3	Ayşe Gencer	"Şimdi Nerdesin?"	Kamil Özler	Kamil Özler	0	13
4	Savaş Bağcan, Sonat Bağcan & Seda Bağcan	"Sen misin?"	Savaş Bağcan	Savaş Bağcan	7	12
5	Aylin Vatankoş	"Yaz Bitti"	Aylin Uçanlar	Aldoğan Şimşekyay	81	1
6	Grup Piramit	"Yüzde Yüz"	Cem Bezeyiş	Cem Bezeyiş	25	9
7	Grup Bis	"Son Defa"	Zeynep Talu	Figen Çakmak	28	7
8	Deniz Şafak Yaprak	"İnanmam ki"	Semra Öztan	Semra Öztan	59	4
9	Şebnem Özsaran	"Nerdesin?"	Müfit Bayraşa	Müfit Bayraşa	35	6
10	Grup 13.30	"Dans Et"	Meltem Taşkıran	Turhan Yükseler	69	2
11	Sinan Erkoç	"Bu Gece"	Ebru Uzel	Mine Mucur	21	10
12	İbo	"Ölüm"	Karacaoğlan	Mehmet Talat Kurter	13	11
13	Cihan Okan	"Çağırsam Gelir misin?"	Meltem Bal	Aslıgül Ayas	38	5

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Ankara	Istanbul	İzmir	Antalya	Mersin	Diyarbakır	Trabzon	Erzurum	Total
1	"Dön Geri"	7	7	1	8	12	8	7	12	62
2	"Ben Seni İsterim"	3	1	2	4	2	7	2	5	26
3	"Şimdi Nerdesin?"									0
4	"Sen misin?"	2					5			7
5	"Yaz Bitti"	12	8	12	12	5	10	12	10	81
6	"Yüzde Yüz"	1	2	3	2	3	6	1	7	25
7	"Son Defa"	8		8	6	1		5		28
8	"İnanmam ki"	6	12	7	7	10	3	8	6	59
9	"Nerdesin?"	5	10	5	3	7		4	1	35
10	"Dans Et"	10	5	6	10	8	12	10	8	69
11	"Bu Gece"		4	4	5	4	1		3	21
12	"Ölüm"		6				2	3	2	13
13	"Çağırsam Gelir misin?"	4	3	10	1	6	4	6	4	38

At Eurovision

Vatankoş performed 4th on the night of the contest, following Israel and preceding Greece. "Yaz Bitti" came 19th in the contest with 17 points.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points	Malta
7 points
6 points	Yugoslavia
5 points
4 points
3 points	Ireland
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Turkey^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Ireland
10 points	United Kingdom
8 points	Greece
7 points	Netherlands
6 points	Yugoslavia
5 points	Italy
4 points	Belgium
3 points	France
2 points	Israel
1 point	Spain

References

^ "Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[1] "Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[1992detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

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Note: Entries scored out signify where Turkey did not compete.

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Countries	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Malta Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Daisy Auvray Michael Ball Christer Björkman Humphrey Campbell Cleopatra Dafna Dina Evridiki Extra Nena Heart 2 Heart Kali Linda Martin Mia Martini Morgane Lotte Nilsson and Kenny Lübcke Pave Serafín Mary Spiteri Merethe Trøan Aylin Vatankoş Tony Wegas Marion Welter and Kontinent Wind
Songs	"Alt det som ingen ser" "Amor d'água fresca" "I morgon är en annan dag" "Little Child" "Ljubim te pesmama" "Mister Music Man" "Monté la riviè" "Nei eða já" "Nous on veut des violons" "Olou tou kosmou i Elpida" "One Step Out of Time" "Rapsodia" "Sou fräi" "Teriazoume" "Todo esto es la música" "Träume sind für alle da" "Visjoner" "Why Me?" "Wijs me de weg" "Yamma Yamma" "Yaz Bitti" "Ze Rak Sport" "Zusammen geh'n"