In these years, he released a Greek song that had been written by Sezen Cumhur Önal.
The song became a hit, sold 500,000 copies, and earned him a golden certificate.
[4] He later worked with Yurdaer Doğulu and Zekai Apaydın's orchestra, and following the Eurovision, he won third place at the 'World Singer Contest' in Los Angeles.
[5] He represented Turkey together with Kısa Dalga Vocal Group at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performing the song "Opera", and was the target of devastating criticism for years afterwards due to his poor performance at the contest, having earned zero points and placing last.
[2][3] He passed three days following the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 held in Istanbul following Turkey's first victory the year prior; a week prior, he stated in an interview with Turkish public broadcaster TRT that "the sad results he received in Munich made him very upset and he had not recovered for years".