Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "", composed by Kemal EbcioÃÂlu, with lyrics by Hikmet Münir EbcioÃÂlu, and performed by Semiha Yankñ. The Turkish participating broadcaster, (TRT), selected its entry through a national final. This was the first-ever entry from Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest, and the first-ever entry performed in Turkish in the contest.
Prior to the confirmation of participation, TRT made few attempts to make its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1974, TRT expressed interest to debut in the contest, but was too late to join, as the scoreboard had already began construction.
In July 1974, TRT announced to its viewers that it had plans to make its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in . A board of TRT members in Ankara, consisting of ðskender Salgir, Bülend ÃÂzveren, and Erol Okman, ultimately agreed on participation.
The Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was chosen during a national final: 1975 .
A total of 106 songs were submitted to the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), with 17 bring shortlisted by a selection committee for the national final. In early 1975, "Boà Âver" performed by Nilüfer was withdrawn from the selection due to plagiarism claims. "Umut" performed by à Âenay was also withdrawn as à Âerif Yüzbaà ÂñoÃÂlu, his wife, was a member of the committee.
On 6 February 1975, the selection committee selected the 8 songs which would compete in the televised final out of the 106 songs that were submitted. The songs were accompanied by Timur Selçuk with Orchestra 75.
The final took place on 9 February 1975 at the studios of TRT, hosted by Bülend ÃÂzveren. Eight songs competed and the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes awarded by public postcard voting and an expert jury. Ali Rñza BinboÃÂa was the winner of the postcard vote. As there was a tie at the end of the voting, the final winner was determined by giving the two winning singers two envelopes to choose between â one being a blank envelope and the other one containing the message "the song which will represent Turkey in Sweden", which was chosen by Semiha Yankñ.
The contest was broadcast on . The show was watched by 17 million viewers.
On the night of the contest Turkey performed thirteenth in the running order, proceeding and preceding . The conductor at the contest was Timur Selçuk. At the close of the voting Turkey had received 3 points, finishing nineteenth and last place in the contest.