Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) | |||
| Country | Turkey | |||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Announcement date | Artist: 12 January 2010 Song: 3 March 2010 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "We Could Be the Same" | |||
| Artist | Manga | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (1st, 118 points) | |||
| Final result | 2nd, 170 points | |||
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "We Could Be the Same", written by Evren Ozdemir, Fiona Movery Akıncı, and the band Manga, and performed by Manga themselves. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), internally selected its entry for the contest.
Turkey was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 27 May 2010. Performing during the show in position 17, "We Could Be the Same" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 29 May. It was later revealed that Turkey placed 1st out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 118 points. In the final, Turkey performed in position 14 and placed 2nd out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 170 points.