Northern Cyprus in the Turkvision Song Contest

Northern Cyprus is one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in the Turkvision Song Contest.[1]

Northern Cyprus
Member stationGENC Television
Participation summary
Appearances3 (3 finals)
First appearance2013
Best result9th: 2015

History

2013
Main article: Northern Cyprus in the Turkvision Song Contest 2013

Northern Cyprus made their debut in the 2013 contest in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1] Gommalar represented Northern Cyprus with the song "Havalanıyor", qualifying from the semi-final and placing 10th in the final with 175 points.

2014

On 20 July 2014 it was announced that Northern Cyprus would make their second appearance at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan in November 2014.[2] It was announced on 19 September, that Northern Cyprus would hold their selection final on 19 October 2014.[3] A total of four singers were selected to participate in the final, the result of the final were as follows:

Artist Title English translation Result
Fikri Can Kayıkçı Ağlarsan Düşerim If I fall you cry
Güler Soybir & İlhan Alihan
İpek Amber Sessiz Gidiş Silent Leaving 1
Simge Barut

The country of Northern Cyprus had initially selected İpek Amber to represent them at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014, with the song "Sessiz gidiş" (Silent leaving).[4] But it was later announced that it was highly likely they would have to withdraw due to political technicalities. The singer was to enter Tatarstan using a Northern Cypriot passport. However, due to the Cyprus dispute, the International recognition of Northern Cyprus as a self-declared state is not recognised by Russia, thus denying entry into Tatarstan, a federal subject of Russia.[5]

Participation
Table key
X
 Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Title Language Final Points Semi Points
2013
 Gommalar[6] "Havalanıyor"[7] Turkish
10
175
 Qualified Undisclosed
2014
 İpek Amber[4] "Sessiz Gidiş"[4] Turkish Withdrawn X
2015
 İpek Amber[8] "Sessiz Gidiş" Turkish
9
154
 No semi-final
2020
 Çağıl İşgüzar[9] "Acıtır hep hayallerim"[10] Turkish
21
171
 No semi-final

References
  1. Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. Granger, Anthony (20 July 2014). "Turkvizyon '14: Agreement signed with a number of countries". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. Granger, Anthony. "Northern Cyprus: National Final October 19th". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. Granger, Anthony (22 October 2014). "Northern Cyprus: İpek Amber Is Off To Kazan". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  5. Granger, Anthony (17 November 2014). "Northern Cyprus: Turkvizyon Withdrawl [sic] Looks Likely". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  6. Granger, Anthony (20 November 2013). "Northern Cyprus: Grup Gommalar Are Off To Turkvizyon". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  7. Granger, Anthony (14 June 2015). "Northern Cyprus: Wants To Participate in Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  8. Granger, Anthony. "Northern Cyprus: İpek Amber To Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  9. "TÜRKVİZYON 2020'DE KUZEY KIBRIS TÜRK CUMHURİYETİ'Nİ ÇAĞIL İŞGÜZAR, TEMSİL EDECEK". Turkvizyon.tv. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  10. "Türkvizyon Şarkı yarışması Pazar günü Kıbrıs Genç Tv'de..." Kıbrıs Genç TV (in Turkish). 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
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