Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 21 February 1987 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by television presenter and Turkish commentator Bülend Özveren. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by a sixteen-member jury.[1][2]
Other participants included past and future Turkish representative MFÖ (1985 and 1988), Arzu Ece (1989 –as part of the Grup Pan– and 1995) and Kayahan (1990).
Final – 21 February 1987
Draw
Artist
Song
Lyricist
Composer
Conductor
Points
Place
1
Seden Kutlubay, Vedat Sakman & Grup Piramit (Hakan Girit, Cem Bezeyiş, Feyyaz Kuruş, Çınar Apay)
"Hayat Pencerenin Dışında"
Nezih Topuzlu
Selmi Andak
Uğur Dikmen
0
3
2
Grup Denk (Oya Küçümen, Bora Ebeoğlu, Zeynep Draman, Zeynep Alev Aydeniz)
On the night of the contest, Turkey performed 10th following Spain and preceding Greece. At the close of voting Turkey had received no points (or, as Eurovision fans refer to the phenomenon, nul points) placing Turkey last out of 22 entries.[3] At the time this was the worst last placing for a country as it was the largest contest. This was also the third time Turkey came last in the contest and the second time they had received zero points. This is the final contest to date in which Turkey finished last.
Voting
Turkey did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987.[4]
