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| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1996 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) | |||
| Country |  Turkey | |||
| Selection process | 19. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali | |||
| Selection date | 17 February 1996 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Beşinci Mevsim" | |||
| Artist | Şebnem Paker | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 12th, 57 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Turkey was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song "Beşinci Mevsim", composed byLevent Çoker, with lyrics by Selma Çuhacı, and performed byŞebnem Paker. The Turkish participating broadcaster, theTurkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.
TheTurkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) developed19. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali in order to select its entry for theEurovision Song Contest 1996.
TRT opened the submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. 96 songs were ultimately submitted, from which, 10 were selected by jury panel for the national final.
TRT held the national final on 17 February 1996 at its television studios inAnkara, hosted byBülent Özveren. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyricist | Composer | Place |
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| 1 | Semih Bayraktar | "Yoruldu Düşlerim" | Çağatay Özkan | Semih Bayraktar | — |
| 2 | Suavi | "Dön Gel Artık Bana" | Suavi Saygan | Suavi Saygan | — |
| 3 | Suat Yıldırım & Zeynep Poyraz | "Sevgiyle" | Suat Yıldırım | Zeynep Poyraz | — |
| 4 | Coşkun Demir | "Hep Bir Yarın Var" | Selma Çuhacı | Mine Mucur | — |
| 5 | Şebnem Paker | "Beşinci Mevsim" | Selma Çuhacı | Levent Çoker | 1 |
| 6 | Sedat Yüce | "Vazgeç" | Savaş Savaşan | Savaş Savaşan | 3 |
| 7 | Pınar Karakoç &Tüzmen | "Var mısın Söyle" | Canan Tunç | Erdinç Tunç | 2 |
| 8 | Nursel Mucu | "Masal" | Nursel Mucu | Serkan Sönmez | — |
| 9 | Şebnem Özsaran | "Poyraz" | Aysel Gürel | Müfit Bayraşa | — |
| 10 | Tüzmen | "Bilirsin ya" | Semih Güneri | Semih Güneri | — |
On the night of the contest Şebnem Paker performed 1st in the running order preceding United Kingdom. At the close of the voting the song had received 57 points placing Turkey 12th.[1] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Ireland.[2][3] The members of the Turkish jury included Nursal Tekin, Taner Dedeoğlu,Erol Evgin,Melih Kibar, Sonat Bağcan, Nejat Çarkacı, Pınar Karakoç, İlter Yeşilay, Meral Geray, Pınar Türkoğlu, Müveddet Nil Özbay, Fatma Asuman Yıldırım,Murat Karahan [tr], Merter Beton, Murat Özcan, and Arsel Aktaç.[citation needed]
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