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Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Seninle Bir Dakika", composed by Kemal Ebcioğlu, with lyrics by Hikmet Münir Ebcioğlu, and performed by Semiha Yankı. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final. This was the first-ever entry from Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest, and the first-ever entry performed in Turkish in the contest.
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1975 Eurovision TRT Türk Hafif Müziği Şarkı Yarışması
The Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was chosen during a national final: 1975 Eurovision TRT Türk Hafif Müziği Şarkı Yarışması.
Competing entries
105 songs were submitted to the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) and 17 were shortlisted by a selection committee for the national final. In early 1975, "Boşver" performed by Nilüfer was withdrawn from the selection due to plagiarism claims. "Umut" performed by Şenay was also withdrawn as Şerif Yüzbaşıoğlu, his wife, was a member of the committee.
On 6 February 1975, the selection committee selected the 8 songs which would compete in the televised final out of the 106 songs that were submitted.[1]
Final
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The final took place on 9 February 1975 at the studios of TRT, hosted by Bülend Özveren. Eight songs competed and the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes awarded by public postcard voting and an expert jury. Ali Rıza Binboğa was the winner of the postcard vote. As there was a tie at the end of the voting, the final winner was determined by giving the two winning singers two envelopes to choose between – one being a blank envelope and the other one containing the message "the song which will represent Turkey in Sweden", which was chosen by Semiha Yankı.
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At Eurovision
The contest was broadcast on TRT Televizyon.[2] The show was watched by 17 million viewers.[3]
On the night of the contest Yankı performed 13th in the running order following Israel and preceding Monaco. At the close of the voting "Seninle Bir Dakika" had received 3 points, placing Turkey 19th (last).[4] This was the fourth time that a country had come last on its debut.[citation needed]
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