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Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Participating broadcaster	Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	7. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	4 March 1983
Selected artist(s)	Çetin Alp & the Short Wave
Selected song	"Opera"
Selected songwriter(s)	Buğra Uğur; Aysel Gürel;
Finals performance
Final result	19th, 0 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song "Opera", composed by Buğra Uğur, with lyrics by Aysel Gürel, and performed by Çetin Alp & the Short Wave. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

7. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 4 March 1983 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by Başak Doğru. Eight songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.^[1]^[2]

Final – 4 March 1983
Draw	Artist	Song	Lyricist	Composer	Place
1	Vedat Sakman	"Müzisyen"	Vedat Sakman	Vedat Sakman	—
2	Hakan Sıvacı	"Boğaziçi"	Salim Ağırbaş	Gürol Ağırbaş	—
3	Ayşegül Aldinç	"Heyecan"	Cansın Erol	Selahattin İçli	3
4	Mehmet Şengenç	"Yaşayamam"	Yusuf Eradam	Yusuf Eradam	—
5	Coşkun Demir	"Dön Bana"	Karen Garson	Aydın Esen	—
6	Çetin Alp & the Short Waves (Recep Aktuğ, Gül Aktuğ, Ali Uyar, Bisan Yorulmaz, Sema Uğur)	"Opera"	Aysel Gürel	Buğra Uğur	1
7	Mavi Yolcular (Sezen Aksu, Ali Kocatepe, Coşkun Demir)	"Heyamola"	Ali Kocatepe	Ali Kocatepe	—
8	Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra	"Atlantis"	Aysel Gürel	Attila Özdemiroğlu	2

At Eurovision

On the evening of the contest Alp performed 6th following Italy and preceding Spain. At the close of voting Opera had received nul points placing Turkey joint 19 place (along with Spain).^[3] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.

Voting

Turkey did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983.^[4]

Points awarded by Turkey^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Yugoslavia
10 points	Austria
8 points	Luxembourg
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Norway
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Italy
3 points	Finland
2 points	Netherlands
1 point	Denmark