| Year: | 1990 |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Preselection: | 14. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali |
| Preselection Date: | 24 February 1990 |
| Song: | Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim |
| Final Result: | 17th, 21 points |
Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990. The country was represented by Kayahan (vocals by Demet Sağıroğlu) with the song "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" written and composed by Kayahan.
The final took place on 24 February 1990 at the Ari TV studios in Ankara, hosted by Korhan Abay.[1] [2] Fifteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries. This contest was theonly contest where everything was played entirely live. Despite the instruments shown on stage, they were all required to play live. The three previous editions (1987, 1988, 1989) allowed playback as long as there was an instrument present on stage.
The national final version of the song "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" is different from the version performed at the Eurovision Song Contest. According to Eroğlu, the TRT had a special budget ready when they decided they wanted their song to be improved. They hired Jean Claudric to rearrange the song. However, due to limited time, only some parts were made. Eroğlu used Jean's version and made an orchestration out of it for the contest. Most of the members in Kayahan's band preferred Eroğlu's old arrangement.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyricist | Composer | Conductor | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonat Bağcan & Seda Bağcan | "Bir Perdelik Aşk" | Savaş Bağcan | Can Atilla | Can Atilla | 23 | 8 | |
| 2 | İzel Çeliköz | "Selam Yabancı" | Fikret Şeneş | Selçuk Başar | Selçuk Başar | 2 | 15 | |
| 3 | Sibel Tüzün | "Kime Ne?" | Zeynep Talu | Levent Çoker | Levent Çoker | 16 | 9 | |
| 4 | Sevingül Bahadır | "Her Şey Müzik" | Aysel Gürel | Garo Mafyan | Garo Mafyan | 6 | 14 | |
| 5 | Sertab Erener | "Sen Benimlesin" | Aysel Gürel | Uğur Başar | Uğur Başar | 44 | 6 | |
| 6 | Oya Küçümen | "Serseri Aşık" | Bora Ebeoğlu | Turhan Yükseler | Turhan Yükseler | 28 | 7 | |
| 7 | Tülay Saygın | "Zamanda Gezinti" | Nezih Topuzlu | Selmi Andak | Turhan Yükseler | 12 | 10 | |
| 8 | "Sensiz Olamam" | Meltem Taşkıran | Ercan Saatçi | Garo Mafyan | 7 | 13 | ||
| 9 | Kayahan | "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" | Kayahan Açar | Kayahan Açar | Ümit Eroğlu | 86 | 1 | |
| 10 | Grup Piramit (Reyhan Karaca, Feyyaz Kuruş, Cem Bezeyiş, Ayhan Uyanık, Özlem Bezeyiş, Hakkı Doğusoy) | "Bilinmeyen Bir Yerlerde" | Feyyaz Kuruş | Feyyaz Kuruş | Garo Mafyan | 9 | 12 | |
| 11 | Ultraviyole (İlhan İrem, Seden Gürel, Gür Akad, Selim Sayarı, Murat Tümer, Elif Turhan) | "Komedi" | İlhan İrem | İlhan İrem | Aykut Gürel | 56 | 3 | |
| 12 | Cenk Sökmen | "Yıldız Beyazı" | Firüzan Eroğlu | Ümit Eroğlu | Ümit Eroğlu | 11 | 11 | |
| 13 | Rüya Ersavcı, Can Uğurluer, Gülgün Yıldız | "Hep O Şarkıları Söyle" | Can Uğurluer | Şevket Uğurluer | Osman İşmen | 62 | 2 | |
| 14 | Cihan Okan & Candan Erçetin | "Daha Kolay" | İlhan İrem | Melih Kibar | Melih Kibar | 55 | 4 | |
| 15 | Fatih Erkoç | "Özledim" | Fatih Erkoç | Fatih Erkoç | Turhan Yükseler | 47 | 5 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Ankara | Istanbul | İzmir | Antalya | Mersin | Diyarbakır | Trabzon | Erzurum | Total | |
| 1 | "Bir Perdelik Aşk" | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 2 | "Selam Yabancı" | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | "Kime Ne?" | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | |||||
| 4 | "Her Şey Müzik" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 5 | "Sen Benimlesin" | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 44 | ||
| 6 | "Serseri Aşık" | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 28 | |
| 7 | "Zamanda Gezinti" | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |||||
| 8 | "Sensiz Olamam" | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||
| 9 | "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 86 | |
| 10 | "Bilinmeyen Bir Yerlerde" | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| 11 | "Komedi" | 12 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 56 | |||
| 12 | "Yıldız Beyazı" | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| 13 | "Hep O Şarkıları Söyle" | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 62 | |
| 14 | "Daha Kolay" | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 55 | |
| 15 | "Özledim" | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 47 | ||
On the night of the contest Kayahan performed 4th in the running order following Belgium and preceding The Netherlands. At the close of the voting the song had received 21 points placing Turkey 17th.[3] 5 participants had voted for "Gözlerinin hapsindeyim". The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.[4]
The members of the Turkish jury included Murat Türkoğlu, Selda Güneş, Mithat Kaya, Özlem Şen, Sıla Yavuz, Nazif Eke, Hülya Okçay, Kadir Gökdemir, Aydan Özbey, Özlem Çelik, Ziya Fırat Doğançay, Meltem Altınörs, Nihal Müftüoğlu, Zeki Tatlıgil, Ahmet Hüseyin Uluçay, and Mustafa Sarıkoç.[5]