Turkey finished last on its debut at the contest in 1975 , and went on to finish last with " nul points " in and . They reached the top ten for the first time in 1986 . Sebnem Paker achieved the country 's first top five result in , finishing third with the song " Dinle " . They went on to achieve five more top five placements after the introduction of the free language rule and televoting , with Sertab Erener giving Turkey its first victory in with the song " Everyway That I Can " , narrowly defeating Belgium by two points . Turkey 's other top five results are Athena ( ) , Kenan Doğulu ( ) , Hadise ( ) , who all finished fourth , and the nu metal band maNga ( ) , who finished second
Everyway That I Can
Everyway That I Can
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest