Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

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Turkey has announced its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The Turkish broadcaster Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), has confirmed that Turkey will appear at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow and that they are "scrutinising carefully" about who their entrant for 2009 will be.cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=3977|title=TRT denies offering anyone the Moscow ticket|last=Fisher|first=Luke|date=2008-08-26|publisher="Oikotimes"|accessdate=2008-08-26] cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/12228|title=Turkish broadcaster denies rumoured proposals to artists|last=Floras|first=Stella|date=2008-08-27|publisher="ESCToday"|accessdate=2008-08-27]

TRT has asked the Turkish people to submit their ideas on who should represent Turkey in Moscow. [cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12293|title=Turkey: TRT calls for ideas for the next Eurovision entrant|last=Yalcinkaya|first=Hakan |date=2008-09-18|publisher="ESCToday"|accessdate=2008-09-18]

At Eurovision

Turkey will have to compete in one of the two semi-finals after Mor ve Ötesi came 7th in the 2008 contest.

See also

* Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
* Eurovision Song Contest 2009

References