Çoban Yıldızı

Çoban Yıldızı is an instrumental Turkish melody composed by Melih Kibar in 1975.

In 1975, TRT, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation ordered a jingle for the coming Eurovision Song contest national finals.

Melih Kibar then working with Timur Selçuk composed the melody and named it Çoban Yıldızı.

(In Turkish, Çoban Yıldızı means "shepherd's star" and it actually refers to the planet Venus).

He submitted his composition to Timur Selçuk who arranged the melody and played it during the national contest.