The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

The national final featured songs written by seventeen composers directly invited by Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT).

As there was a tie at the end of the voting, the head of the jury selected "Sufi" performed by MFÖ as the winner.

[1] [2] On the night of the contest Mazhar Fuat Özkan performed fifth, after the United Kingdom and before the Netherlands.

Atilla Şereftuğ, the composer of the winner ("Ne partez pas sans moi" by Celine Dion) was a Turk living in Switzerland.