Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	22. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	12 March 1999
Selected entrant	Tuba Önal & Mistik
Selected song	"Dön Artık"
Finals performance
Final result	16th, 21 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with Tuba Önal & Mistik, and the song "Dön Artık" (English: Come Back).

National final

The Turkish national final was held at the TRT studios in Ankara on March 12, 1999, hosted by Ömer Önder & Gülşah Banda. There were 10 songs in the final, with the winning song chosen by an expert jury.

Only the top three songs were announced.

Draw	Artist	Song	Place
1	Sedat Yüce	"Bırak Beni"	4
2	Tuba Önal & Mistik	"Dön Artık"	1
3	Meltem Büyükuğurgör	"Vazgeçme"	4
4	Volkan Eröz	"Kolay Mı Bırakmak?"	4
5	Kaan Yalçın	"Neredesin"	3
6	Sibel Mirkelam	"Selam Sana Toprak Ana"	4
7	Birsen Tezer	"Haydi El Ele"	4
8	Neslihan Demirtaş	"Döne Döne"	4
9	Feryal Başel	"Unuttuğumu Sandığım Anda"	2
10	Group M-B	"Her Nefeste"	4

At Eurovision

Önal performed his song 7th on the night of the contest, following Slovenia and preceding Norway. At the close of the voting it had received 21 points, placing 16th in a field of 23.

Points Awarded from Turkey

12 points	Germany
10 points	Iceland
8 points	Croatia
7 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Israel
2 points	France
1 point	Ireland