His career started in 1970s with winning the competition '' Altın Ses '' . In these years , he released a Greek song that had been written by Sezen Cumhur Önal . The song became a hit , sold 500,000 copies , and earned him a golden certificate . He later released the song '' Son Defa Görsem ' '' , which became a hit as well . He later worked with Yurdaer Doğulu and Zekai Apaydın 's orchestra , and following the Eurovision , he won third place at the ' World Singer Contest ' in Los Angeles . He also won the first place in the ' Golden Orfe ' competition held in Bulgaria in 1990 . He continued his career together with his English ex-wife Suna Yıldızoğlu for nine years , and despite releasing many songs he did not release a studio album . He represented Turkey together with Kısa Dalga Vocal Group at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 , performing the song " Opera " . Alp was target of devastating criticism for years due to his failure at the contest , after earning zero points and placing last. , Turkey has its first victory in the contest in 2003 , and the following year three days after the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 final in Istanbul , Alp lost his life due to heart attack . A week prior , in an interview with TRT on the occasion of Eurovision 2004 , he explained that " the sad results he received in Munich made him very upset and he had not recovered for years "
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Çetin Alp