Dinle
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"Dinle" was the Turkish
entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
in Dublin, Ireland
. It was composed by Levent Çoker
and Mehtap Alnıtemiz, and was performed by Şebnem Paker
in Turkish
. This was the second time that Paker had competed at Eurovision, having represented Turkey also at the 1996 contest
with "Beşinci Mevsim
".
On the night it was performed second, following Cyprus
's Hara & Andreas Konstantinou singing "Mana Mou
" and preceding Norway
's Tor Endresen
with "San Francisco". At the close of the voting it had received 121 points, placing third in a field of 25. This was Turkey's best position in the contest until their win in 2003, and is still the best position of a Turkish language entry at Eurovision as of 2010.
It was succeeded as Turkish representative at the 1998 contest
with Tüzmen and "Unutamazsın
".
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Eurovision Song Contest 1997
The Eurovision Song Contest 1997, was the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest and it was held at the Point Theatre Dublin, Ireland, on 3 May 1997. Boyzone member Ronan Keating and Carrie Crowley were the presenters of the show....
in Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. It was composed by Levent Çoker
Levent Çoker
Levent Çoker is a Turkish musician, arranger, conductor and composer who represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest as a composer, arranger and conductor in 1996 and 1997...
and Mehtap Alnıtemiz, and was performed by Şebnem Paker
Sebnem Paker
Şebnem Paker is a Turkish guitarist and singer.-Biography:She attended the Department of Classical Guitar at Istanbul University State Conservatory during 1992-1996. Later, she studied singing at Marmara University Music Department....
in Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
. This was the second time that Paker had competed at Eurovision, having represented Turkey also at the 1996 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1996
The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 18 May 1996 in Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. The presenters were Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket. Harket, lead singer of a-ha, opened the show with a performance of his single "Heaven's Not For Saints". Eimear...
with "Beşinci Mevsim
Besinci Mevsim
"Beşinci Mevsim" was the Turkish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, composed by Levent Çoker, written by Selma Çuhacı, and performed by Şebnem Paker in Turkish....
".
On the night it was performed second, following Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
's Hara & Andreas Konstantinou singing "Mana Mou
Mana Mu
"Mana Mou" was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in Greek by Hara & Andreas Konstantinou....
" and preceding Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
's Tor Endresen
Tor Endresen
Tor Lars Oskar Endresen is a Norwegian singer and composer.He has entered the national Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest numerous times, but has only won it once, and represented Norway in the international final in 1997, where he came last with nul points.Endresen was part of a popular Norwegian...
with "San Francisco". At the close of the voting it had received 121 points, placing third in a field of 25. This was Turkey's best position in the contest until their win in 2003, and is still the best position of a Turkish language entry at Eurovision as of 2010.
It was succeeded as Turkish representative at the 1998 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1998 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The presenters were Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson...
with Tüzmen and "Unutamazsın
Unutamazsin
"Unutamazsın" was the Turkish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, performed in Turkish by Tüzmen.On the night of the contest, held in Birmingham, the United Kingdom, the song was performed 24th, following Estonia's Koit Toome with "Mere lapsed" and preceding FYR Macedonia's Vlado Janevski...
".