Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The country was represented by Pınar Ayhan and her group Grup S.O.S. with the song “Yorgunum Anla” written by Pınar Ayhan herself together with Sühan Ayhan and Orkun Yazgan. The entry was chosen by a professional jury. Although the song was originally in Turkish, during the contest it was sung partially in English.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2000 | ||||
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| Country |  Turkey | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final (23. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali) | |||
| Selection date(s) | 18 February 2000 | |||
| Selected entrant | Pınar Ayhan & Grup S.O.S. | |||
| Selected song | "Yorgunum Anla" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 10th, 59 points | |||
| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
23. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
The final took place on 18 February 2000 at the Ari TV Studios in Ankara, hosted by Yasemin Pamukçu and Ömer Önder. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.
| Final – 18 February 2000 | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Place |
| 1 | Mirkelam & Sibel | "Duy Beni" | Selim Korkmaz | — |
| 2 | Pınar Ayhan & Grup S.O.S. | "Yorgunum Anla" | Pınar Ayhan, Sühan Ayhan, Orkun Yazgan | 1 |
| 3 | Işın Karaca | "Bir Kırık Sevda" | Günay Çoban, Aslıgül Ayas | 2 |
| 4 | Semra Sarpkaya | "Aşkımız bir masal" | Nurhan Gürdil, Tolga Gürdil | — |
| 5 | Feryal Başel | "Son Defa" | İhsan Köseoğlu | — |
| 6 | Semih Bayraktar | "Bu Aşk Yasak Bana" | Semih Bayraktar | — |
| 7 | Ayça Dönmez | "Bak Rüzgarlara" | Bahadır Şahin, Can Atilla | — |
| 8 | Feryal Başel | "Sana" | İhsan Köseoğlu | — |
| 9 | Semih Bayraktar & Grup Avrasya | "Aşık Oldum" | Devrim Aydın, Umut Erdoğan | — |
| 10 | Zeliha Sunal | "Yarım Kalan Senfoni" | Müge Baysal, Tolga Gürdil | — |
At Eurovision
On the night of the contest Pınar Ayhan and Grup S.O.S. performed 22nd in the running order following Latvia and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting "Yorgunum Anla" had received 59 points (including maximum 12s from France and the Netherlands), placing Turkey 10th out of 24 competing countries. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Sweden.[1]
Points awarded by Turkey
| 12 points |  Sweden |
| 10 points |  Norway |
| 8 points |  Croatia |
| 7 points |  Ireland |
| 6 points |  United Kingdom |
| 5 points |  Malta |
| 4 points |  Austria |
| 3 points |  Netherlands |
| 2 points |  Estonia |
| 1 point |  Denmark |
Points awarded to Turkey
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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References
- Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.242-244
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