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 | ||||
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| Country |  Turkey | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final (12. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali) | |||
| Selection date(s) | 13 February 1988 | |||
| Selected entrant | Mazhar Fuat Özkan (MFÖ) | |||
| Selected song | "Sufi" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 37 points | |||
| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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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 | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Place |
| 1 | Kayahan & 3. Nesil | "Sokak kedisi" | Kayahan Açar | — |
| 2 | Grup Gündoğarken | "Resimler resimler" | İlhan Şeşen | — |
| 3 | MFÖ | "Sufi" | Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner | 1 |
| 4 | Sevingül Bahadır | "Bulutlar" | Meltem Bal, Aslıgül Kırıcı | — |
| 5 | Grup Tema | "Zig Zag" | Mazhar Alanson, Selçuk Başar | — |
| 6 | Grup Vizyon | "Diskotek" | İlhan İrem, Esin Engin | — |
| 7 | Grup 88 | "Fazla vaktim yok" | Nezih Topuzlu, Selmi Andak | — |
| 8 | Aysun Kocatepe | "Bir dolu yaz" | Ali Kocatepe | — |
| 9 | Cantekin | "Kim" | Zeynep Sayan, Erol Sayan | — |
| 10 | Grup Piramit | "Sana bağlamıştım" | Grup Piramit | — |
| 11 | Grup Denk | "Onikiden" | Bora Ebeoğlu, Turhan Yükseler | 2 |
| 12 | Grup Efekt | "Camdan bir ev" | Zeynep Talu, Melih Kibar | — |
| 13 | Ultraviyole | "Yurtta barış dünyada barış" | İlhan İrem | — |
| 14 | Zafer Olcay | "Barış ve sevgi dolu" | Adnan Ergil, Buğra Uğur | — |
| 15 | Emel & Erdal | "Aşk yaşamaya değer" | Emel & Erdal, Uğur Başar | — |
| 16 | Fatih 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
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
| 12 points |  United Kingdom |
| 10 points |  Switzerland |
| 8 points |  France |
| 7 points | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
| 6 points |  Netherlands |
| 5 points |  Spain |
| 4 points |  Italy |
| 3 points |  Greece |
| 2 points |  Ireland |
| 1 point |  Germany |
References
- "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1988".
- Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.161-163
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