The final took place on 14 February 1981 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren. Six songs competed and the winner was determined by a jury consisting of members of the public.[1][2]
On the night of the contest Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü performed second in the running order following Austria and preceding Germany. At the close of the voting the song received 9 points, thus Dönme Dolap shared 18th place with Portugal.[3] Turkish jury awarded 12 points to Germany.[4]
Members of the Turkish jury included Süheyla Aldoğan, Hidayet Yarken, Hatice Akbaş, Lüftiye Duman, Nebiye Yazıcı, Nesrin Demirel, Sami Ersoy, Mehmet Kuteş, Mustafa Ekinci, Cengiz Doğan, and Ali Arslan.[5]
^"Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN975-8823-93-0, p.83-84
^Yarışmacı ülkeler ve halk jürisi, Milliyet, 4 April 1981
^ ab"Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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