„Smile even if you don’t have a dream, love, love is with us“
The Turkish Final was held at the TRT TV Studios in Ankara on March 18th, hosted by Yesmin Ertugrul & Bülent Özveren. The winning song was chosen by an „expert“ jury.
| 1 | Duygular | The feelings | Fatih Erkoç |
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| 2 | Bana sans dile | Wish me luck | Elif Ersoy |
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| 3 | Duysun sarkilar | Let the songs sound | Grup Met |
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| 4 | Sevda | Love | Arzu Ece & Fatih Erkoç |
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| 5 | Askimla oynama | Don’t play with my love | Diler Turkmen |
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| 6 | Sev | Love | Arzu Ece |
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| 7 | Cöl günesi | Desert sun | Toygarhan Atuner |
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| 8 | Ikibin bir | The year 2001 | Orient Ekspres |
2nd |
| 9 | Rüzgarlar vedaya karsi | Winds are against farwell | Berna Keser |
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| 10 | Önce sen vardin | There you were before | Suavi |
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Arzu Ece previously took part in the 1978 Turkish Semi-Final as a backing singer for Cahit Oben & the 1978 Turkish Final as a member of 2. Baski. She also took part in the 1987 & 1988 Turkish Finals (in 1988 in the group Tema), came 1st & 9th in the 1989 Turkish Final, going on to represent Turkey in ESC 1989 as a member of the group Pan and came 2nd in the 1991 Turkish Final. At the ESC, she was 16th. The lead singer of the group Orient Ekspres was Serpil Barlas.