The Turkish national broadcaster is looking to be more involved in EBU events, following the election of TRT General Manager İbrahim Eren to the Executive Board of the EBU. According to the EBU, the Turkish national broadcaster TRT is looking to…
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The European Broadcasting Union has responded to the comments of the Head of TRT, regarding why the station isn’t returning to the Eurovision Song Contest. In the past week the Head of Turkish national broadcaster İbrahim Eren voiced his thoughts…
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The General Manager of the Turkish national broadcaster has stated that they will return to Eurovision if the contest is fixed. İbrahim Eren the General Manager of TRT has voiced his thoughts on the Eurovision Song Contest, at a panel…
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According to the Deputy Prime Minister and Government Spokesman Bekir Bozdag, Turkey will not participate in next year’s edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Rumours sparked after rock band maNga, who represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in…
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maNga, the band that represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo in 2010, has hinted at a possible return to the contest. In 2010, the rock band maNga took the Eurovision world by storm with their light show…
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Turkish songwriter Sinan Akçıl has stated his readiness to represent Turkey with Romanian singer Otilla in the Eurovision Song Contest, should they choose to return to the contest. In a recent interview with Michael Kuyuncu on CRI Türk FM, Sinan Akçıl was…
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It was revealed today that the singer Atiye had been selected to represent Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 before TRT decided to withdraw. In an interview with AlemFM, composer Sinan Akcil, who wrote “Düm Tek Tek” (Turkey ESC…
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From Austria we head to Turkey who last participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Azerbaijan, how have they voted in Eurojury 2017? Eurojury returns for a fifth edition this year and the votes from this year’s juries across…
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The Director General of the Ukrainian national broadcaster, Zurab Alasania has stated that TRT has refused to participate in Eurovision 2017. Zurab Alasania has revealed on Twitter that the Turkish national broadcaster, TRT has categorically refused to participate in the Eurovision…
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A number of non-governmental organisations are working together to get Turkey to return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017. QHA reports that a number of Crimean non-governmental organisations are working together to ensure that Turkey returns to the Eurovision…
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