Semiha Yankı

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Semiha Yankı (* 1958 in Istanbul ) is a Turkish singer and was the representative of Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 in Stockholm and thus the first representative of Turkey in the competition.

As a child of a family of circus artists, she performed as a circus acrobat in her childhood and youth . After her brother, a tightrope walker, had a fatal accident during a performance, she left work in the circus and switched to music.

In 1975 she represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Seninle bir dakika (German: "One minute with you"). In the Turkish preliminary decision there was a tie between Seninle bir dakika and Delisin (German: “You are crazy”), which was sung by the girls' band “Cici Kızlar”, which was very successful in Turkey at the time. The subsequent draw between the two songs made Semiha Yankı the first representative of Turkey in the competition by luck.

In Stockholm she finished last in Turkey's debut with only 3 points from Monaco .

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SURNAME Yankı, Semiha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish singer and representative of Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul