Turkey was represented at the

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with the song "", written by Ali Kocatepe, and performed by the Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül. The Turkish participating broadcaster, the

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(TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

The

(TRT) held the national final on 14 February 1981 at its studios in

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, hosted by

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. Six songs competed and the winner was determined by a jury consisting of members of the public.

At Eurovision

On the evening of the contest Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü performed second in the running order following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song received 9 points, thus Dönme Dolap shared 18th place with . The Turkish jury awarded 12 points to Germany. Members of the Turkish jury included Süheyla Aldoğan, Hidayet Yarken, Hatice Akbaş, Lüftiye Duman, Nebiye Yazıcı, Nesrin Demirel, Sami Ersoy, Mehmet Kuteş, Mustafa Ekinci, Cengiz Doğan, and Ali Arslan.Yarışmacı ülkeler ve halk jürisi, Milliyet, 4 April 1981

Voting

References

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