Türkiye in EuroMusic Song Contest

Türkiye, previously presented in the contest as "Turkey" is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. They confirmed their participation in the sixth edition.

History
The Turkish broadcaster, TRT, decided to participate in the sixth edition in Sweden, were they ended 14th with an amount of 32 points. The next edition, in Ireland, they did way worse than the expectations. They became second last, with 11 points. It was long unclear our Turkey would participate in Greece. The Turkish broadcaster announced directly after the seventh edition that it was still unclear for the future in the contest. However, when the EBU announced the list of participants, it was clear that Turkey would participate. They became, 12th. their best result so far. The Turkish broadcaster announced that they would withraw from the contest due the low interest. The previous edition had very low live television viewers.

In Amsterdam they first had to try to qualify to the final. Turkey was not able to receive enough points. The next edition, they could qualify. In the final they finished at the 13th place. In Zurich, they were not able to qualify for the final. The Turkish broadcaster announced to withdraw from the contest. They gave no official reasons in their statement. They only said that the fact that the competition took place in Israel, was not the key factor for their withdrawal. There were some rumors that the Azerbaijani broadcaster, İTV, sent a invitation to the Turkish broadcaster to participate in the twentieth edition, in Baku. However, when the EBU published the official list of participant it was clear that Turkey would not return.

Turkey was announced as participating country in the 22nd edition when the EBU published the official list of participants. They failed to qualify. In Bucharest, Turkey qualified for the final where they finished at the 18th place. The Turkish broadcaster announced that they where not interested to continue their participation in the contest. They said that a return in the near future was very unlikely.

Turkey returned in the 32nd edition. They failed to qualify. The same happened in the next three editions. The country its broadcaster asked the EBU to change their name in the 35th edition, what they eventually did. From now on, the country will be called Türkiye.