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Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

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Country
  
Turkey

Selected entrant
  
Kenan Doğulu

Final result
  
4th, 163 points

Selection process
  
Internal Selection

Selected song
  
"Shake It Up Şekerim"

Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Semi-final result
  
Qualified (3rd, 198 points)

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with Kenan Doğulu. Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) chose him in December 2006, as the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, which took place in Helsinki in May 2007.

Doğulu submitted three songs to TRT as promised. The members of the selection committee, together with the singer and composer Doğulu decided for "Shake It Up Şekerim", a cheerful uptempo song. Doğulu said that he made several songs, including 7-8 which he loved a lot: "It was very difficult to shorten the list to three songs. We have chosen a cheerful up-tempo song. May it bring us luck".

After some changes to the song, it was made public on the March 9, 2007. Doğulu toured several countries in order to drum up support for his Eurovision entry including some countries who are known for not voting for Turkey that often. These countries include Russia, Cyprus, Estonia and some others.

The song finished in 4th position in the contest, scoring 163 points.

References

Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Wikipedia