Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
# Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. The country was represented by Tüzmen with the song "Unutamazsın", written by Canan Tunç and composed by Erdinç Tunç.

## Before Eurovision

### 21. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

67 songs were submitted to TRT and 10 were selected for the national final.

The final took place on 28 February 1998 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren and Ekin Olcayto. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. One of the contestants, Şebnem Paker and her group, had performed in Eurovision Song Contest 1997 and had received the highest points for Turkey up to 1997, but in 1998 they couldn't repeat their previous success.

Final – 28 February 1998 :

| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyricist | Composer | Conductor | Points | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Metropolis Sürgünleri (Özle Şenözfesçi, Zafer Erdaş, Gülden Evrim Keskin, Tayfun Çıkıkcı) | "Kayıp Aşk" | Semih Güneri | Semih Güneri | Semih Güneri | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Tuğrul Arsever | "Oyna" | Sevingül Bahadır | Aslıgül Ayas | Timur Selçuk | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Meltem Büyükuğurgör | "Soramadım" | Hakan Süersan | Hakan Süersan | Hakan Süersan | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Pamela Spence | "Gökkuşağı" | İlter Yeşilay | Bilge Yüksel Dural | Ümit Eroğlu | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Berk Özbek | "Serden Geçtiğim" | Çetin Akcan | Serpil Toparlak | Doğan Kospançalı | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Kubat | "Dertli Saz" | Günay Çoban | Mete Aydın Çelik | Volkan Şanda | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Tüzmen | "Unutamazsın" | Canan Tunç | Erdinç Tunç | Ümit Eroğlu | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Şebnem Paker | "Çal" | Günay Çoban | Levent Çoker | Levent Çoker | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Elçin Engin | "Yalan Aşklar" | Hale Turan | Şansal Engin | Ümit Eroğlu | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Gözde Ural & Elif Özel | "Sevmek Zamanı" | Aylin Sarıkayalı | Mine Mucur | Sadun Ersönmez | 0 | 7 |

## At Eurovision

Heading into the final of the contest, BBC reported that bookmakers ranked the entry joint 25th (last) out of the 25 entries. On the night of the contest Tüzmen performed 24th in the running order, following Estonia and preceding Macedonia. At the close of the voting, Unutamazsın had received 25 points, placing Turkey 14th out of 25 contestants. Only five participants had voted for Unutamazsın. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom.

