Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "", composed by Şevket Uğurluer, with lyrics by Aysel Gürel, and performed by Can Uğurluer, İzel Çeliköz and Reyhan Karaca. The Turkish participating broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) held the national final on 9 March 1991 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren. Fourteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries.
+ Final – 9 March 1991 Artist Song Lyricist Composer Points Place 1İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca & Can Uğurluer"İki Dakika"Aysel GürelŞevket Uğurluer681 2Cenk Sökmen"Öyle Bir Dünya"Aysel GürelSelçuk Başar2610 3Şebnem Özsaran"Yalnızlığım"Müfit BayraşaSadun Ersönmez376 4Grup 4x1"Hey Sen"Serap TurgayÖzkan Turgay367 5Fatih Erkoç"Üzüleceksin"Kamil ÖzlerKamil Özler413 6Arzu Ece & Gür Akad"Sessiz Geceler"Aysel GürelUğur Başar602 7Melis Sökmen & Ercüment Vural"Son Defa"Aysel GürelUğur Başar515 8Rüya Ersavcı & Grup Turkish Delight"Turkish Delight"Hulki AktunçDağhan Baydur543 9Sonat Bağcan"Dün Gibi"Bahadır ŞahinCan Atilla911 10Fatih Erkoç"Gülbeyaz Sokağı"Fatih ErkoçFatih Erkoç279 11Grup Festival"Festival"Aysel GürelSelçuk Başar543 12Cemil Sağyaşar"Gel"Cemil SağyaşarCemil Sağyaşar812 13Cenk Sökmen"Belki Bir Gün"Bertan ÖngörenBertan Öngören214 14Adnan Göyken"Hamburger"Adnan GöykenAdnan Göyken288
+ Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"İki dakika"41271271210468 2"Öyle bir dünya"8613224 26 3"Yalnızlığım"141266 5337 4"Hey sen" 28587636 5"Üzüleceksin" 3 1 4 6"Sessiz geceler"3765125121060 7"Son defa"12854836551 8"Turkish Delight"10 810478754 9"Dün gibi"61 1 19 10"Gülbeyaz sokağı"7103 3 2227 11"Festival"551071063854 12"Gel" 2 1 41 8 13"Belki bir gün"2 2 14"Hamburger" 42 10 1228
At Eurovision On the night of the contest the trio performed 10th in the running order following France and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting the song had received 44 points placing Turkey 12th. 7 participants had voted for İki Dakika. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Israel.Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, , pp.188-193
Voting
+ Points awarded to Turkey Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Turkey Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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