Turkey was represented at the

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with the song "", written by

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Fuat Güner Aziz Fuat Güner (born 1 April 1948), better known as Fuat Güner, is a Turkish musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ. Early life He was born on 1 April 1948 in Istanbul, Turkey to a renowned photographer father, Sami Güner. He is of parti ...

, and

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, and performed by themselves under their stage name

MFÖ Mazhar Fuat Özkan (MFÖ) was a Turkish pop and rock band consisted of members Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner, and Özkan Uğur. While many of their songs poke fun at common Turkish types ("Ali Desidero", "Piskopatım") or satirise prejudice and ...

. The Turkish participating broadcaster, the

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 introductio ...

(TRT), selected its entry through a national final. MFÖ had already represented .

Before Eurovision

The national final featured songs written by seventeen composers directly invited by the

(TRT). However,

Attila Özdemiroğlu Attila Özdemiroğlu (5 January 1943 – 20 April 2016) was a Turkish composer, arranger and music producer. He was best known for his award winning film scores in the 1970s and 1980s. Career Born on 5 January 1943 in Ankara, Özdemiroğlu got ...

, one of the invited composers, did not submit a song for unknown reasons. The final took place on 13 February 1988 at the TRT Studios in

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 ( ...

, hosted by Canan Kumbasar. Sixteen songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. As there was a tie at the end of the voting, the head of the jury selected "" performed by

as the winner.

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest MFÖ performed fifth, after the United Kingdom and before the Netherlands. At the close of the voting Sufi had received 37 points, placing Turkey fifteenth. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.Michael Kuyucu: ''Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision'', İstanbul, 2005, , pp.161-163

Voting

References

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