Kumyk participated in the Turkvision Song Contest for the first time at the Turkvision Song Contest 2016 , held in Istanbul , Turkey . Although they are not a country nor a region they are a Turkic ethnic group who do not have a defined region . They were originally going to make their debut at the 2015 contest but later withdrew due to the state of international relations between the Russia and Turkey
Turkvision Song Contest 2016
Turkvision Song Contest 2016
Kumyk in the Turkvision Song Contest