The TRT announced in December 2012 that they would not attend the 2013 contest in Malmö , citing dissatisfaction with the rules of the competition . 2013 was the first time since that there was no television broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest on TRT . In September 2013 , TRT stated a return is unlikely for the 2014 competition , citing the same reasons . The national broadcasting service of Turkey , the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation ( TRT ) , was one of the charter members of the European Broadcasting Union ( EBU ) in 1950 along with eighteen countries around Europe , including Tunisia . As an intercontinental country ( with lands in Eastern Thrace and Western Asia ) , Turkey takes part in a multitude of Western organizations including a NATO membership as of 1952 , and an associate membership in the European Economic Community as of 1959
2013 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest