Northern Cyprus in the Turkvision Song Contest

Northern Cyprus
Member station	GENC Television
Participation summary
Appearances	2
First appearance	2013
Last appearance	2015
Best result	9th: 2015
Worst result	10th: 2013

Northern Cyprus is one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in the Turkvision Song Contest.

Northern Cyprus made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey. Auditions for the national selection took place on 13 November 2013 in Nicosia it was announced the final would be held on 20 November 2013.

A total of 10 singers took part in the selection process, the winner was decided by televote and jury vote:

In Eskişehir, Northern Cyprus performed 16th in the semi final and qualified for the final. In the final the duet performed 10th and finished 10th with a total of 175 points.

On 20 July 2014 it was announced that Northern Cyprus would make their second appearance at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan in November 2014. It was announced on 19 September, that Northern Cyprus would hold their selection final on 19 October 2014. A total of four singers were selected to participate in the final, the result of the final were as follows:

The country of Northern Cyprus had initially selected İpek Amber to represent them at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014, with the song "Sessiz gidiş" (Silent leaving). But it was later announced that it was highly likely they would have to withdraw due to political technicalities. The singer was to enter Tatarstan using a Northern Cypriot passport. However, due to the Cyprus dispute, the International recognition of Northern Cyprus as a self-declared state is not recognised by Russia, thus denying entry into Tatarstan, a federal subject of Russia.

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