"Deli" is a song performed by Turkish rock

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 group Mor ve Ötesi

Mor ve Ötesi

Mor ve Ötesi is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul. Its four current members are Harun Tekin , Kerem Kabadayı , Burak Güven and Kerem Özyeğen . Former members include Alper Tekin and Derin Esmer...

. It represented Turkey

Turkey

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 in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008

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 in Belgrade

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, Serbia

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, earning the 7th place in the finals. The song was selected by TRT

Turkish Radio and Television Corporation

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 on February 15 amongst the nine finalists out of 19 entries in the second Eurovision semi-final on May 22.

The song was performed third in the second semi-final, following Sweden

Sweden

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's Charlotte Perrelli

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 with Hero

Hero

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, and preceding Ukraine

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's Ani Lorak

Ani Lorak

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 with Shady Lady

Shady Lady

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. The song qualified to the final.

The song was performed 12th in the final, and finished 7th with 138 points.

The lyrics of the song in eight languages can be found on its official webpage (English

English language

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, Turkish

Turkish language

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, French

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, German

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, Spanish

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, Russian

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, Serbian

Serbian language

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 and Greek

Greek language

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).

The song will be succeeded as Turkish representative

Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 at the 2009 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

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 by Hadise

Hadise

Hadise Açıkgöz , is a Belgian born Turkish singer of Circassian descent. Hadise's career began in 2004 with the release of her debut single "Sweat", which peaked at 19 on the Flanders chart. Hadise continued to release more successful singles, most notably the single "Milk Chocolate Girl"...

 with "Düm Tek Tek

Düm Tek Tek

"Düm Tek Tek" is a song by Belgium born Turkish singer Hadise that was performed as the Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia....

".

Video

The video of the song was directed by Turkish director Ezel Akay

Ezel Akay

Ezel Akay is a Turkish film actor, film director and film producer.-Life and work:After Ezel Akay graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Bosporus University, he was trained as actor at the US-American Villanova University....

. It started airing in April 2008.

Chart positions

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Turkish Top 20 Chart Turkish Top 20 Chart Turkish airplay chart is the official airplay singles chart in Turkey issued by Nielsen Music Control. The charts are announced from the Nielsen's web site weekly...	8
Turkish Rock Top 20 Chart	3

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...	February 15, 2008	Rakun Music	digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
	May 22, 2008	Rakun Music	CD Single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...

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