Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991
# Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991. The country was represented by a trio composed of İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca and Can Uğurluer with the song "İki Dakika" written by Aysel Gürel and composed by Şevket Uğurluer.

## Before Eurovision

### 15. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The final took place on 9 March 1991 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren. Fourteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries.

Final – 9 March 1991 :

| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyricist | Composer | Points | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca & Can Uğurluer | "İki Dakika" | Aysel Gürel | Şevket Uğurluer | 68 | 1 |
| 2 | Cenk Sökmen | "Öyle Bir Dünya" | Aysel Gürel | Selçuk Başar | 26 | 10 |
| 3 | Şebnem Özsaran | "Yalnızlığım" | Müfit Bayraşa | Sadun Ersönmez | 37 | 6 |
| 4 | Grup 4x1 (Çiğdem Tunç, Mehmet Ali Erbil, Erdal Çelik, Candan Erçetin) | "Hey Sen" | Serap Turgay | Özkan Turgay | 36 | 7 |
| 5 | Fatih Erkoç | "Üzüleceksin" | Kamil Özler | Kamil Özler | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Arzu Ece & Gür Akad | "Sessiz Geceler" | Aysel Gürel | Uğur Başar | 60 | 2 |
| 7 | Melis Sökmen & Ercüment Vural | "Son Defa" | Aysel Gürel | Uğur Başar | 51 | 5 |
| 8 | Rüya Ersavcı & Grup Turkish Delight (Beverly Pollington, Karen Seeberg, Tom Magdish, Ari Barokas, Jerfi Benveniste) | "Turkish Delight" | Hulki Aktunç | Dağhan Baydur | 54 | 3 |
| 9 | Sonat Bağcan | "Dün Gibi" | Bahadır Şahin | Can Atilla | 9 | 11 |
| 10 | Fatih Erkoç | "Gülbeyaz Sokağı" | Fatih Erkoç | Fatih Erkoç | 27 | 9 |
| 11 | Grup Festival (Melis Sökmen, Ercüment Vural, Meltem Parlak, Ayşegül Ersan, Çelik Erişçi) | "Festival" | Aysel Gürel | Selçuk Başar | 54 | 3 |
| 12 | Cemil Sağyaşar | "Gel" | Cemil Sağyaşar | Cemil Sağyaşar | 8 | 12 |
| 13 | Cenk Sökmen | "Belki Bir Gün" | Bertan Öngören | Bertan Öngören | 2 | 14 |
| 14 | Adnan Göyken | "Hamburger" | Adnan Göyken | Adnan Göyken | 28 | 8 |

## At Eurovision

On the night of the contest the trio performed 10th in the running order following France and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting the song had received 44 points placing Turkey 12th. 7 participants had voted for İki Dakika. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Israel.

