Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "", written and performed by Kayahan Açar. 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 24 February 1990 at the Ari TV studios in Ankara, hosted by Korhan Abay. Fifteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries. This contest was the only contest where everything was played entirely live. Despite the instruments shown on stage, they were all required to play live. The three previous editions (1987, 1988, 1989) allowed playback as long as there was an instrument present on stage.
The national final version of the song "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" is different from the version performed at the Eurovision Song Contest. According to Eroğlu, the TRT had a special budget ready when they decided they wanted their song to be improved. They hired Jean Claudric to rearrange the song. However, due to limited time, only some parts were made. Eroğlu used Jean's version and made an orchestration out of it for the contest. Most of the members in Kayahan's band preferred Eroğlu's old arrangement.
+ Final – 24 February 1990 Artist Song Lyricist Composer ConductorPoints Place 1 Sonat Bağcan & Seda Bağcan "Bir Perdelik Aşk" Savaş Bağcan Can Atilla Can Atilla 23 8 2 İzel Çeliköz "Selam Yabancı" Fikret Şeneş Selçuk Başar Selçuk Başar 2 15 3 Sibel Tüzün "Kime Ne?" Zeynep Talu Levent Çoker Levent Çoker 16 9 4 Sevingül Bahadır "Her Şey Müzik" Aysel Gürel Garo Mafyan Garo Mafyan 6 14 5 Sertab Erener "Sen Benimlesin" Aysel Gürel Uğur Başar Uğur Başar 44 6 6 Oya Küçümen "Serseri Aşık" Bora Ebeoğlu Turhan Yükseler Turhan Yükseler 28 7 7 Tülay Saygın "Zamanda Gezinti" Nezih Topuzlu Selmi Andak Turhan Yükseler 12 10 8 Özlem Yüksek, Ufuk Yıldırım & Kurtalan Ekspres "Sensiz Olamam" Meltem Taşkıran Ercan Saatçi Garo Mafyan 7 13 9 Kayahan "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" Kayahan Açar Ümit Eroğlu 86 1 10 Grup Piramit "Bilinmeyen Bir Yerlerde" Feyyaz Kuruş Garo Mafyan 9 12 11 Ultraviyole "Komedi" İlhan İrem Aykut Gürel 56 3 12 Cenk Sökmen "Yıldız Beyazı" Firüzan Eroğlu Ümit Eroğlu Ümit Eroğlu 11 11 13 Rüya Ersavcı, Can Uğurluer & Gülgün Yıldız "Hep O Şarkıları Söyle" Can Uğurluer Şevket Uğurluer Osman İşmen 62 2 14 Cihan Okan & Candan Erçetin "Daha Kolay" İlhan İrem Melih Kibar Melih Kibar 55 4 15 Fatih Erkoç "Özledim" Fatih Erkoç Turhan Yükseler 47 5
+ Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Bir Perdelik Aşk"31155 823 2"Selam Yabancı"2 2 3"Kime Ne?" 44 5 316 4 "Her Şey Müzik" 222 6 5"Sen Benimlesin"6106 866244 6"Serseri Aşık"4451342528 7 "Zamanda Gezinti" 26 13 12 8 "Sensiz Olamam" 34 7 9"Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim"1271212712121286 10"Bilinmeyen Bir Yerlerde"13 1 49 11 "Komedi" 1210710 71056 12 "Yıldız Beyazı"72 1111 13 "Hep O Şarkıları Söyle"558101288662 14 "Daha Kolay"86784105755 15"Özledim"108336710 47
At Eurovision On the night of the contest Kayahan performed 4th in the running order following Belgium and preceding The Netherlands. At the close of the voting the song had received 21 points placing Turkey 17th. 5 participants had voted for "Gözlerinin hapsindeyim". The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, Istanbul, 2005, , pp. 174–184
The members of the Turkish jury included Murat Türkoğlu, Selda Güneş, Mithat Kaya, Özlem Şen, Sıla Yavuz, Nazif Eke, Hülya Okçay, Kadir Gökdemir, Aydan Özbey, Özlem Çelik, Ziya Fırat Doğançay, Meltem Altınörs, Nihal Müftüoğlu, Zeki Tatlıgil, Ahmet Hüseyin Uluçay, and Mustafa Sarıkoç.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Turkey Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ 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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