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| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) | |||
| Country |  Turkey | |||
| Selection process | 10. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali | |||
| Selection date | 15 March 1986 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Halley" | |||
| Artist | Klips ve Onlar | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 9th, 53 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Turkey was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Halley", composed byMelih Kibar, with lyrics byİlhan İrem, and performed by the quintetKlips ve Onlar. 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 15 March 1986 at the Ari TV studios inAnkara, hosted by Erkan Yolaç. Four songs competed and the winner was determined by a sixteen-member jury. As there was a tie at the end of the voting, the head of the jury ended up having his vote counted twice, resulting in the victory of "Halley" performed by the quintetKlips ve Onlar (Sevingül Bahadır, Gür Akad, Emre Tukur, Derya Bozkurt andSeden Kutlubay).
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyricist | Composer | Votes | Place |
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| 1 | Klips ve Onlar | "Halley" | İlhan İrem | Melih Kibar | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Seyyal Taner | "Dünya" | Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz | Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz | 8 | 2 |
| 3 | Nil Burak & İbo | "Yaşa Yaşa" | Aysel Gürel | Selmi Andak | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Nilüfer | "Bu Film Bitmeli" | Fikret Şeneş | Selçuk Başar | 0 | 3 |
Klips ve Onlar performed eighth on the night of the contest, following theNetherlands and precedingSpain. Before competing in BergenSeden Kutlubay was replaced in the quintet withCandan Erçetin.
At the close of the voting the song had received 53 points, placing 9th in a field of 20 competing countries.[1] It was the best ranking Turkey had received in the Contest up to that time, and would remain so until1997.[citation needed]
The members of the Turkish jury included Ayça Eren, Ziya Anadol, Kaan Bozoğlu, Ayşegül Soyalp, Özlem Budakoğlu, Fatma Dikmen, Alaaddin Torun, İlhan Aslanboğan, Zahide Azılı, Saadet Aktemel, and Suhal Eriş.[2]
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