The Altai Republic were absent from the , planned to make their return at the Turkvision Song Contest 2015 . However , they were forced to withdraw from the contest on 30 November 2015 , due to the Russia – Turkey relations in the aftermath of the 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown near the Syria – Turkey border on 24 November 2015 . Although they had selected Emil Tolkochekov to be their participant despite the forced withdrawal . The Altai Republic had confirmed their intent to participate at the Turkvision Song Contest 2016 , which was subsequently cancelled due to the December 2016 Istanbul bombings
Turkvision Song Contest 2016
Turkvision Song Contest 2016
Altai Republic in the Turkvision Song Contest