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"Dinle"Eurovision Song Contest 1997 entry Country Turkey Artist(s) Şebnem Paker With Grup Etnic Language Turkish Composer(s) Levent Çoker Lyricist(s) Mehtap Alnıtemiz Conductor Levent Çoker Finals performance Final result 3rd Final points 121 Appearance chronology ◄ Beşinci Mevsim (1996) Unutamazsın (1998) ► "Dinle" ("Listen") was the Turkish entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 in Dublin, Ireland. It was composed by Levent Çoker and Mehtap Alnıtemiz, and was performed by Şebnem Paker in Turkish. This was the second time that Paker had competed at Eurovision, having represented Turkey also at the 1996 contest with "Beşinci Mevsim".
On the night it was performed second, following Cyprus's Hara & Andreas Konstantinou singing "Mana Mou" and preceding Norway's Tor Endresen with "San Francisco". At the close of the voting it had received 121 points, placing third in a field of 25. This was Turkey's best position in the contest until their win in 2003, and is still the best position of a Turkish language entry at Eurovision as of 2010.
It was succeeded as Turkish representative at the 1998 contest with Tüzmen and "Unutamazsın".
Songs of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 1. "Love Shine a Light" · 2. "Mysterious Woman" · 3. "Dinle" · 4. "Fiumi di parole" · 5. "Mana Mou" · 6. "Sin rencor" · 7. "Sentiments songes" · 8. "Keelatud maa" · 9. "Let Me Fly" · 10. "Zbudi se" · 11. "Ale jestem" · 12. "Horepse" · 12. "Miért kell, hogy elmenj?" · 14. "Bara hon älskar mig" · 15. "Primadonna" · 16. "Stemmen i mit liv" · 17. "Probudi me" · 18. "Zeit" · 18. "Goodbye" · 20. "Minn hinsti dans" · 21. "One Step" · 22. "Dentro di me" · 22. "Niemand heeft nog tijd" · 24. "Antes do adeus" · 24. "San Francisco"(songs arranged by final results) Categories:- Eurovision songs of Turkey
- Eurovision songs of 1997
- Turkey stubs
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