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| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) | |||
| Country |  Turkey | |||
| Selection process | 13. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali | |||
| Selection date | 11 March 1989 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Bana Bana" | |||
| Artist | Pan | |||
| Songwriter | Timur Selçuk | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 21st, 5 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Turkey was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Bana Bana", written byTimur Selçuk, and performed by Pan. The Turkish participating broadcaster, theTurkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.
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TheTurkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) held the national final on 11 March 1989 at the Ari TV studios inAnkara, hosted byBülent Özveren and Güler Kazmacı. Sixteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyricist | Composer | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Grup Denk | "Aşk-ı Memnu" | Bora Ebeoğlu | Turhan Yükseler | 37 | 7 |
| 2 | Kayahan and 3. Nesil | "Ve Melankoli" | Kayahan Açar | Kayahan Açar | 63 | 2 |
| 3 | MFÖ | "Adı Naim" | Mazhar Alanson | MFÖ | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Sertab Altın and Klips | "Hasret" | Aysel Gürel | Uğur Başar | 57 | 3 |
| 5 | Jale Bekar, Gür Akad andSeden Kutlubay | "Bir Fantastik Aşk" | Aysel Gürel | Garo Mafyan | 18 | 11 |
| 6 | Hazal Selçuk | "Bir Resimde Sen" | Timur Selçuk | Timur Selçuk | 57 | 3 |
| 7 | Arzu Ece andSibel Tüzün | "Elifin Aldı Beni" | Aysel Gürel | Selçuk Başar | 22 | 10 |
| 8 | Grup RC | "Hep Sıfır" | Cem Bezeyiş | Cem Bezeyiş | 49 | 5 |
| 9 | Emel Müftüoğlu and Erdal Çelik | "Pardon" | Ayşe Irmak Manioğlu | Aslıgül Kırıcı | 42 | 6 |
| 10 | Fatih Erkoç | "Bir Sevgi Ver Bana" | Atilla Şentin | Atilla Şentin | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | Grup Pan | "Bana Bana" | Timur Selçuk | Timur Selçuk | 71 | 1 |
| 12 | Grup RC | "Çaresi Yok Sensizliğin" | Cem Bezeyiş | Cem Bezeyiş | 7 | 13 |
| 13 | Neco | "Fora Fora" | Ali Kocatepe | Selmi Andak | 18 | 11 |
| 14 | Fatih Erkoç | "Bir Nostalji Bu" | Aysel Gürel | Garo Mafyan | 32 | 8 |
| 15 | Jeyan Erpi, Cihan Okan and Belma Sera | "Hayır" | Zeynep Talu | Melih Kibar | 5 | 14 |
| 16 | Fatih Erkoç | "Öyle Bakma" | Sezen Aksu | Onno Tunç | 30 | 9 |
The contest was broadcast onTV1 (with commentary byBülend Özveren).[1][2] On the night of the contest Pan performed 5th in the running order following the Netherlands and preceding Belgium. At the close of the voting Bana Bana had received 5 points, placing Turkey 21st among 22.[3] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.[4][5]
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