Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
The Turkish participating broadcaster Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) internally selected its entry for the contest.On 22 September 2011, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) opened the suggestions for the public to nominate potential artists for consideration.[6][7] On 22 February 2012, "Love Me Back" was presented to the public during a television special which took place at the TRT Tepebaşı Studios in Istanbul, hosted by Işık Özden and Husniyya Maharramova.Turkey competed in the second half of the second semi-final (13th on stage), on 24 May 2012, following Georgia and preceding Estonia.[10] In the final, Turkey was drawn to perform 18th, after Sweden and preceding Spain.