Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983
# Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

Turkey was represented by Çetin Alp and the Short Waves at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Munich on 23 April 1983. Çetin Alp won the rights to represent Turkey on 4 March 1983.

## Before Eurovision

### 7. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The final took place on 4 March 1983 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Başak Doğru. Eight songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.

Final – 4 March 1983 :

| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyricist | Composer | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vedat Sakman | "Müzisyen" | Vedat Sakman | Vedat Sakman | — |
| 2 | Hakan Sıvacı | "Boğaziçi" | Salim Ağırbaş | Gürol Ağırbaş | — |
| 3 | Ayşegül Aldinç | "Heyecan" | Cansın Erol | Selahattin İçli | 3 |
| 4 | Mehmet Şengenç | "Yaşayamam" | Yusuf Eradam | Yusuf Eradam | — |
| 5 | Coşkun Demir | "Dön Bana" | Karen Garson | Aydın Esen | — |
| 6 | Çetin Alp & the Short Waves (Recep Aktuğ, Gül Aktuğ, Ali Uyar, Bisan Yorulmaz, Sema Uğur) | "Opera" | Aysel Gürel | Buğra Uğur | 1 |
| 7 | Mavi Yolcular (Sezen Aksu, Ali Kocatepe, Coşkun Demir) | "Heyamola" | Ali Kocatepe | Ali Kocatepe | — |
| 8 | Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra | "Atlantis" | Aysel Gürel | Attila Özdemiroğlu | 2 |

## At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Alp performed 6th following Italy and preceding Spain. At the close of voting Opera had received nul points placing Turkey joint 19 place (along with Spain). The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.

### Voting

Turkey did not receive any points at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest.

