Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	24. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	23 February 2001
Selected entrant	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 took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. The country was represented by Sedat Yüce with the song "Sevgiliye Son" written by Figen Çakmak, Nurdan Güneri and composed by Semih Güneri.

Before Eurovision edit

24. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali edit

The final took place on 23 February 2001 at the TRT 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 edit

On the night 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 edit

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 edit

^ "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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