The participation of Turkey in the ABU TV Song Festival has occurred seven times since the inaugural
ABU TV Song Festival
The ABU TV Song Festival is an annual non-competitive gala that showcases songs or instrumentals by musicians across Asia, organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). Participating countries which have full or additional full ABU mem ...
began in
2012
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. Since their début in 2014, the Turkish entry has been organised by the national broadcaster
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT; Turkish : ) is the national public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964. TRT was for many years the only television and radio provider in Turkey. Before the introduction of commercial radio i ...
(TRT).
History
TRT made their debut in the ABU TV Song Festivals at
2014
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which was hosted at
The Venetian Theatre, in
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
Participation overview
Hostings
See also
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Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
Turkey has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 34 times since its debut in 1975. Since the introduction of the semi-finals in , Turkey has only failed to qualify for the final once, in . Turkey won the contest once in , and hosted the co ...
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Turkey in the Türkvizyon Song Contest
References
Countries at the ABU Song Festival
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