Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Participating broadcaster	Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	24. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	23 February 2001
Selected artist(s)	Sedat Yüce
Selected song	"Sevgiliye Son"
Selected songwriter(s)	Semih Güneri; Nurdan Güneri; Figen Çakmak;
Finals performance
Final result	11th, 41 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Sevgiliye Son", composed by Semih Güneri, with lyrics by Figen Çakmak and Nurdan Güneri, and performed by Sedat Yüce. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

24. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 23 February 2001 at its television studios in Ankara, hosted by Ömer Önder and Meltem Ersan. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.^[1] ^[2]

Final – 23 February 2001
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Place
1	Özgür Yedievli	"Yalnızım"	Özgür Yedievli	—
2	Feryal Başel	"Oysa Şimdi"	İhsan Köseoğlu	3
3	Nurdoğan Yurtseven	"Delicesine"	Nurdoğan Yurtseven	—
4	Grup GMG	"Sen Her Şeyimsin"	Canan Çitoğlu, Erdinç Tunç	—
5	Ceynur Biçer	"Kayıp Bir Melek"	Tolga Gürdil	2
6	Semih Bayraktar	"Çok Geç"	Semih Bayraktar	—
7	Sedat Yüce	"Sevgiliye Son"	Figen Çakmak, Nurdan Güneri, Semih Güneri	1
8	Işın Karaca	"Kaderimsin"	Canan Çitoğlu, Erdinç Tunç	—
9	Semih Bayraktar	"Uyan kalbim"	Semih Bayraktar	—
10	Ceynur Biçer	"Hep Aşk Olsun"	Tolga Gürdil	—

At Eurovision

On the evening of the contest Sedat Yüce performed 15th in the running order following France and preceding United Kingdom. At the close of the voting "Sevgiliye Son" had received 41 points placing Turkey 11th.^[3]^[4]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey^[5]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Greece
8 points
7 points	Croatia France Germany
6 points
5 points
4 points	Malta
3 points	Denmark Netherlands
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Turkey^[5]
Score	Country
12 points	Estonia
10 points	Croatia
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Israel
6 points	Spain
5 points	Greece
4 points	Denmark
3 points	Germany
2 points	Malta
1 point	France

References

^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 2001".
^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 2001 Final".
^ "Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.247-251
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[1] "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 2001".

[2] "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 2001 Final".

[3] "Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[4] Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.247-251

[2001detailed-5] "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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Songs	"Bana Bana" "Beşinci Mevsim" "Deli" "Didai Didai Dai" "Dinle" "Dön Artık" "Dönme Dolap" "Düm Tek Tek" "Esmer Yarim" "Everyway That I Can" "For Real" "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" "Halay" "Halley" "Hani?" "İki Dakika" "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" "Live It Up" "Love Me Back" "Opera" "Pet'r Oil" "Rimi Rimi Ley" "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" "Seninle Bir Dakika" "Sev" "Sevgiliye Son" "Sevince" ~~"Seviyorum"~~ "Shake It Up Şekerim" "Sufi" "Süper Star" "Unutamazsın" "We Could Be the Same" "Yaz Bitti" "Yorgunum Anla"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Turkey did not compete

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Countries	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Denmark Estonia France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Antique David Civera Nuša Derenda Lindsay Dracass Fabrizio Faniello Friends Haldor Lægreid Arnis Mednis Michelle (Germany) Michelle (Netherlands) MTM Mumiy Troll Nino Gary O'Shaughnessy Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL Piasek Rollo and King Skamp Tal Sondak Natasha St-Pier Two Tricky Vanna Sedat Yüce
Songs	"2 Long" "Angel" "Another Summer Night" "Die for You" "Dile que la quiero" "Ein Davar" "Energy" "Everybody" "Hano" "Je n'ai que mon âme" "Lady Alpine Blue" "Listen to Your Heartbeat" "Never Ever Let You Go" "No Dream Impossible" "On My Own" "Out on My Own" "Sevgiliye Son" "Só sei ser feliz assim" "Strings of My Heart" "Too Much" "Wer Liebe lebt" "Without Your Love" "You Got Style"