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Dönme Dolap Eurovision Song Contest 1981 entry Country Turkey Artist(s) Doğan Canku, Selami Karaibrahimgil and Ahmet Kurtaran As Modern Folk Trio With Ayşegül Aldinç Language Turkish Composer(s) Ali Kocatepe Lyricist(s) Ali Kocatepe Conductor Onno Tunç Finals performance Final result 18th Final points 9 Appearance chronology ◄ Pet'r Oil (1980) Hani? (1982) ► Dönme Dolap (The Carousel, in English) was the Turkish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, performed in Turkish by Modern Folk Trio & Ayşegül Aldinç.
The song was performed second on the night (following Austria's Marty Brem with "Wenn du da bist" and preceding Germany's Lena Valaitis with "Johnny Blue"). At the close of voting, it had received 9 points, placing 18th (equaling Portugal) in a field of 20.
The song is a mixture between the traditional Turkish music and the pop music. The lyrics made a comparison between life and a carousel with ups and downs, the better is the friendship, because is eternal.
It was succeeded as Turkish representative at the 1982 Contest by Neco with "Hani?".
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Preceded by
Pet'r OilTurkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest
1980Succeeded by
Hani?Categories:- Turkey stubs
- 1980s pop song stubs
- Eurovision songs of Turkey
- Eurovision songs of 1981
- 1981 songs
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