Along with their northwestern neighbours Greece , Turkey brought the Contest a new outlook with flashy stage performances and dresses on their oriental/Mediterranean flavoured pop music products ( Sertab Erener , Sibel Tüzün , Kenan Doğulu and Hadise ) . In 2004 , 2009 , 2010 and 2011 , the country represented by bands , mostly being with rock influenced songs with a background of Ottoman , Eastern European and Balkans ' instruments . Athena ranked 4th in 2004 , when the contest was held in Istanbul ; Mor ve Ötesi ranked 7th with a song completely in Turkish in 2008 and the nu metal band maNga , which named as the Best European Act in MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 ranked 2nd in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 respectively . Although Yüksek Sadakat in 2011 placed 13th in the first semi final of contest and failed to qualify , that was the first and only time that Turkey did n't qualify for the grand final . In 2012 Turkey participated to the Eurovision Song Contest for last time so far with the song " Love Me Back " completely sung in English by up and coming artist Can Bonomo , which qualified and placed 7th in the final with 112 points
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest