In 1980 , Turkish superstar Ajda Pekkan selected internally by TRT and the song , " Petrol " through a national final . Pekkan placed 15th with 23 points , including the first ever twelve points received by Turkey from Morocco . Turkey participated to the Eurovision Song Contest in the eighties incessantly . And had their best result ( until 1997 ) in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 , when Klips ve Onlar placed 9th with the total of 53 points in Bergen , Norway . The country scored " nul points " for two times in the eighties also , one in 1983 ( shared with Spain ) and the other one in 1987 . The Contest has seen the most famous artists of Turkey in the eighties including Ajda Pekkan , Neco , Candan Erçetin and MFÖ
Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest