Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) | |||
| Country | Turkey | |||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Announcement date | Artist: 1 January 2011 Song: 25 February 2011 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Live It Up" | |||
| Artist | Yüksek Sadakat | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (13th) | |||
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Live It Up", composed by Kutlu Özmakinacı, with lyrics by Ergün Arsal, and performed by the band Yüksek Sadakat. 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 10 May 2011. Performing during the show in position 5, "Live It Up" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final on 14 May. This marked the first time that Turkey failed to qualify to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004. It was later revealed that Turkey placed 13th out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 47 points.
This was the penultimate entry from Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest.