Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984. The country was represented by a music group named

Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra (Five Years Ago, Ten Years Later) was a Turkish band of the 1980s. They represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song ''Halay'' and reached 12th position and 37 points. The members of the band ...

with the song "Halay", written by Ülkü Aker and composed by Selçuk Başar.

Before Eurovision

8. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The final took place on 25 February 1984 at the TRT Studios in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, hosted by Başak Doğru. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. According to the regulations the winner had to get at least 15 points. However at the end of the first voting no participant received the number of points required. Therefore a second round took place, with "Halay" performed by

(which were ranked the third in the first voting) receiving the most points, and was thus determined as the winner. During the final, the group was accompanied by

Arif Sağ Arif Sağ (born 1945) is a Turkish singer, bağlama virtuoso, and leading figure in modern Turkish folk music. A former academic, he was also a member of the Turkish parliament from 1987 to 1991. Early years Arif Sağ was born to a miller at Dal ...

, the renowned

bağlama The ''bağlama'' or ''saz'' is a family of plucked string instruments, long-necked lutes used in Ottoman classical music, Turkish folk music, Turkish Arabesque music, Azerbaijani music, Kurdish music, Armenian music and in parts of Syria, Iraq ...

virtuoso.

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Beş Yıl Önce On Yıl Sonra performed 15th in the running order following Germany and preceding Finland. In the final they were not accompanied by Arif sağ. At the close of the voting Halay had received 37 points placing Turkey 12th. 8 participants had voted for Halay. This was the best result Turkey ever had in Eurovision up to 1984. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Spain.Michael Kuyucu: ''Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision'', İstanbul, 2005, , pp.123-127

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

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