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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "", composed by Erdinç Tunç, with lyrics by Canan Tunç, and performed by Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik. 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 12 March 1999 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by Ömer Önder and Gülşah Banda. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. Only the top three songs were announced. At Eurovision Önal performed his song 7th on the night of the contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting it had received 21 points, placing 16th in a field of 23. Voting References {{Eurovision Song Contest 1999 1999 Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Radio And Television Corporation
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT; Turkish: ) is the national public broadcasting, public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964. TRT was for many years the only television and radio broadcaster in Turkey. Before the introduction of commercial radio in 1990, and subsequently commercial television in 1992, it held a monopoly on broadcasting. More recent deregulation of the Turkish television broadcasting market produced analogue terrestrial television. Today, TRT broadcasts around the world, including in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the United States, and Australia. Around 70% of TRT's funding comes from a license tax on television and radio receivers. Additionally, a 2% TRT tax was added to the electricity bills until January 2022. As these are hypothecation (taxation), hypothecated taxes, as opposed to the money allocated to general government funds, the principle is similar to that of the television licence levied in a number of other countries, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1999
The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 May 1999 at the International Convention Centre in Jerusalem, Israel. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the contest was held in the country following its victory at the with the song " Diva" by Dana International, and was presented by Dafna Dekel, Yigal Ravid, and Sigal Shachmon. Twenty-three countries participated in the contest. , , , , , and , having participated in the 1998 contest, were absent due to being relegated after achieving the lowest average points totals over the past five contests, while actively chose not to return. Meanwhile , , , and returned to the contest, having last participated in , while made its first contest appearance since . The winner was with the song " Take Me to Your Heaven", composed by Lars Diedricson, written by Gert Lengstrand and Marcos Ubeda and performed by Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center (Etimesgut, Yenimahalle, Çankaya District, Çankaya, Keçiören, Altındağ, Pursaklar, Mamak, Ankara, Mamak, Gölbaşı, Ankara, Gölbaşı, Sincan, Ankara, Sincan) and 5,864,049 in Ankara Province (total of 25 districts). Ankara is Turkey's List of cities in Turkey, second-largest city by population after Istanbul, first by urban land area, and third by metro land area after Konya and Sivas. Ankara was historically known as Ancyra and Angora. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celts, Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman Empire, Roman province with the Galatia (Roman province), same name (25 BC–7th century), Ankara has various Hattians, Hattian, Hittites, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatians (people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedat Yüce
Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "", composed by Semih Güneri, with lyrics by Figen Çakmak and Nurdan Güneri, and performed by Sedat Yüce. 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 23 February 2001 at its television studios in Ankara, hosted by Ömer Önder and Meltem Ersan. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. At Eurovision On the evening of the contest Sedat Yüce performed 15th in the running order following France and preceding United Kingdom. At the close of the voting "" had received 41 points placing Turkey 11th.Michael Kuyucu: ''Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision'', İstanbul, 2005, , pp.247-251 Voting References {{Authority control 2001 Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 Eurovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can Atilla
Can Atilla (born 1969 in Ankara), is a Turkish musician and composer of electronic, ethnic, orchestral and new age music. Graduated from Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory in 1990 with a BA degree in violin, he has composed several studio albums as well as numerous scores for films, plays and television series. Although his earlier works fall in the category of electronic music, starting from mid 2000s he started to compose in more traditional style and gained reputation with his epic Empire Pentalogy, which consists of 5 Ottoman-era themed albums (Cariyeler ve Geceler, 1453 - Sultanlar Aşkına, Aşk-ı Hürrem, Altın Çağ, 1453 - Fatih Aşkına) that he produced during the years between 2005 and 2012. Can Atilla is widely regarded as a pioneer in Turkish electronic and new age music. He composed "Diriliş" (Resurrection), the official music for the 90th anniversary of the Turkish parliament in 2010. In 2016, he composed 17 tracks for the musical stage play title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey In The Eurovision Song Contest
Turkey has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 34 times since its debut in . The Turkish participating broadcaster in the contest is (TRT). Turkey won the contest once in , and hosted the contest in Istanbul. Since the introduction of the semi-finals in , Turkey has only failed to qualify for the final once, in . Turkey finished last on its debut at the contest in , and went on to finish last with '' nul points'' in and . They reached the top ten for the first time in 1986. " Dinle" performed by Şebnem Paker achieved the country's first top five result in , finishing third. The country went on to achieve five more top five placements after the introduction of the free language rule and televoting, with " Everyway That I Can" by Sertab Erener giving Turkey its first victory in . Turkey's other top five results are "For Real" by Athena (), " Shake It Up " by Kenan Doğulu (), "" by Hadise (), who all finished fourth, and " We Could Be the Same" by Manga (), who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries In The Eurovision Song Contest 1999
A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may refer to a sovereign state, state with limited recognition, constituent country, or dependent territory. Most sovereign states, but not all countries, are members of the United Nations. There is no universal agreement on the number of "countries" in the world, since several states have disputed sovereignty status or limited recognition, and a number of non-sovereign entities are commonly considered countries. The definition and usage of the word "country" are flexible and have changed over time. ''The Economist'' wrote in 2010 that "any attempt to find a clear definition of a country soon runs into a thicket of exceptions and anomalies." Areas much smaller than a political entity may be referred to as a "country", such as the West Country in England, "big sky country" (used in various contexts of the American West), "coal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
