✪ 18TH PLACE 1981

Turkey

Dönme Dolap

Modern Folk Trio & Ayşegül

POINTS9

BPM103

TONEBb major

🏆 Contest Performance

GRAND FINAL 18th Place 9 Points Running order 2

SEMI-FINAL N/A (Direct Finalist)

final18th9 pts

◇ Who Voted for This Song

Country-by-country points from the contest score data stored on the site.

final 18th · 9 pts

3 voters

Finland

5 Total

Yugoslavia

3 Total

Luxembourg

1 Total

♬ Lyrics

Yaşamak oyun değil arkadaş
Dünyaya gelmenin bir bedeli var
Dost bildiklerin tükenmez arkadaş
Sevgi insanların hamurunda var
Yaşamak dönme dolap gibidir
Onun da iniş ve çıkışları var
Talihlidir hep çıkanlar arkadaş
Gerçek dost inenlerin yanında var
Nefes almak değildir yaşamak
Düşünmek ve hissetmektir yaşamak
Sen gülmeden geçen günlere acı
Dönme dolap iner çıkar arkadaş
Yaşamak oyun değil arkadaş
Dünyaya gelmenin bir bedeli var
Dost bildiklerin tükenmez arkadaş
Sevgi insanların hamurunda var
Yaşamak dönme dolap gibidir
Onun da iniş ve çıkışları var
Talihlidir hep çıkanlar arkadaş
Gerçek dost inenlerin yanında var
Nefes almak değildir yaşamak
Düşünmek ve hisѕetmektir yaşamak
Sen gülmeden geçen günlere acı
Dönme dolap iner çıkar arkadaş
Arkadaş… arkadаş…

♚ Credits & Delegation

ARTIST Modern Folk Trio & Ayşegül Dönme Dolap No past participations found

COMPOSER Ali Kocatepe No past participations found

SPOKESPERSON Başak Doğru

Past participations

1991 · TurkeycommentatorsIki dakika▶
1990 · TurkeycommentatorsGözlerinin Hapsindeyim▶
1985 · TurkeycommentatorsDidai didai dai▶
1984 · TurkeycommentatorsHalay▶
1983 · TurkeycommentatorsOpera▶
1982 · TurkeyspokespersonsHani?▶
1980 · TurkeyspokespersonsPetr'oil▶

COMMENTATORS Bülend Özveren

Past participations

2012 · TurkeycommentatorsLove Me Back▶
2011 · TurkeycommentatorsLive It Up▶
2010 · TurkeycommentatorsWe Could Be The Same▶
2009 · TurkeycommentatorsDüm Tek Tek▶
2008 · TurkeycommentatorsDeli▶
2006 · TurkeycommentatorsSuperstar▶
2005 · TurkeycommentatorsRimi Rimi Ley▶
2004 · TurkeycommentatorsFor Real▶
2002 · TurkeycommentatorsLeylaklar soldu kalbinde▶
1997 · TurkeycommentatorsDinle▶
1996 · TurkeycommentatorsBeşinci mevsim▶
1995 · TurkeycommentatorsSev!▶
1993 · TurkeycommentatorsEsmer yarim▶
1992 · TurkeycommentatorsYaz bitti▶
1989 · TurkeycommentatorsBana bana▶
1988 · TurkeycommentatorsSufi▶
1980 · TurkeycommentatorsPetr'oil▶
1978 · TurkeycommentatorsSevince▶
1975 · TurkeycommentatorsSeninle bir dakika▶

ARTIST PEOPLE Ahmet Kurtaran No past participations found

ARTIST PEOPLE Ayşegül Aldinç No past participations found

ARTIST PEOPLE Doğan Canku No past participations found

ARTIST PEOPLE Selami Karaibrahimgil No past participations found

CONDUCTOR Onno Tunç

Past participations

1978 · TurkeycomposersSevince▶
1978 · TurkeyconductorSevince▶

SONGWRITERS Ali Kocatepe No past participations found

🌍 Country Legacy (Turkey)

NOTABLE ENTRIES

Everyway That I CanSertab Erener (2003)

We Could Be The Same▶maNga (2010)

Dinle▶Şebnem Paker & Etnic (1997)

Düm Tek Tek▶Hadise (2009)

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Sample national final29 May 2026 · Stockholm

Sample song reveal4 Jun 2026 · Online

▷ Video Vault

Official Music Video

Eurovision API Video 2

Eurovision API Video 3

Artist Info

Modern Folk Trio & Ayşegül

Modern Folk Trio & Ayşegül represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Dönme Dolap." Their performance was in Turkish, and they finished in 18th place with 9 points. The group combined traditional elements with modern folk influences in their Eurovision entry. They remain part of Turkey's Eurovision history as representatives of the early 1980s era.