Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) | |||
| Country | Turkey | |||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Announcement date | Artist: 21 October 2008 Song: 1 January 2009 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Düm Tek Tek" | |||
| Artist | Hadise | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (2nd, 172 points) | |||
| Final result | 4th, 177 points | |||
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Düm Tek Tek" written by Sinan Akçıl, Stefan Fernande, and Hadise, and performed by Hadise herself. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), internally selected its entry for the contest.
Turkey was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 9, "Düm Tek Tek" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 16 May. It was later revealed that Turkey placed 2nd out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 172 points. In the final, Turkey performed in position 18 and placed 4th out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 177 points.