Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song "", written by Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz, and performed by Seyyal Taner and Grup Lokomotif. 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 21 February 1987 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by television presenter and Turkish commentator Bülend Özveren. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by a sixteen-member jury.
Other participants included past and future Turkish representative MFÖ ( and ), Arzu Ece ( as part of the Grup Pan and ) and Kayahan ().
+ Final – 21 February 1987 Artist Song Lyricist Composer Conductor Points Place 1 Seden Kutlubay, Vedat Sakman & Grup Piramit "Hayat Pencerenin Dışında" Nezih Topuzlu Selmi Andak Uğur Dikmen 0 3 2 Grup Denk "Paydos" Bora Ebeoğlu Melih Kibar 2 2 3 Grup FM "Keloğlan" Selçuk Başar Selçuk Başar 0 3 4 Kayahan, Emel Müftüoğlu, Erdal Çelik, Yeşim Vatan, Ayşe Özşahin "Güneşli Bir Resim Çiz Bana" Kayahan Açar Kayahan Açar Ümit Eroğlu 0 3 5 Fatih Erkoç "Dünya Barışı İçin" Fatih Erkoç Fatih Erkoç Garo Mafyan 0 3 6 Aşkın Nur Yengi, Harun Kolçak & Grup Periyod "Güzel Şeyler Söyle" Aysel Gürel Onno Tunç Garo Mafyan 0 3 7 MFÖ"No Problem" Mazhar Alanson Turhan Yükseler 0 3 8 Ahmet Özhan "Gülümse Biraz" Cansın Erol Selahattin İçli Turhan Yükseler 0 3 9 Arzu Ece & Cihan Okan "Bir Gün Bize Yetmez" Kayahan Açar Attila Özdemiroğlu Turhan Yükseler 0 3 10 Seyyal Taner & Grup Lokomotif "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz Garo Mafyan 14 1
At Eurovision On the night of the contest, Turkey performed 10th following Spain and preceding Greece. At the close of voting Turkey had received no points (or, as Eurovision fans refer to the phenomenon, nul points) placing Turkey last out of 22 entries. At the time this was the worst last placing for a country as it was the largest contest. This was also the third time Turkey came last in the contest and the second time they had received zero points. This is the final contest to date in which Turkey finished last.
Voting Turkey did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987.
+ 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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