He also attempted to participate in O Ses Türkiye, the Turkish version of The Voice, which garnered a negative response.
[1][2] He started his Eurovision career as a backing singer for the Turkish national final in 1993.
He officially took part as a solo singer on 4 occasions: first in 1996, he took part in the Turkish national final with the song Vazgeç, and finished 3rd; In 1999, this year with the song Bırak Beni, and finished 4th; and in 2001, this year with the song Sevgiliye Son, and won.
He later took part in 2005, this year with the song Yeniden, but fell into a tied last place with zero points.
Sedat won the Turkish national final for that year, and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen.