Turkey was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by Sühan Ayhan, with lyrics by Pınar Ayhan and Orkun Yazgan, and performed by Pınar and Grup S.O.S. The Turkish participating broadcaster, the

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(TRT), selected its entry through a national final. Although the song was originally in Turkish, it was sung partially in English in Eurovision.

Before Eurovision

The

(TRT) held the national final on 18 February 2000 at the Ari television studios in

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, hosted by Yasemin Pamukçu and Ömer Önder. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.

At Eurovision

On the evening of the contest Pınar Ayhan and Grup S.O.S. performed 22nd in the running order following Latvia and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting "" had received 59 points, placing Turkey 10th out of 24 competing countries. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Sweden.Michael Kuyucu: ''Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision'', İstanbul, 2005, , pp.242-244

Voting

References

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