Further information on the host city: Istanbul
On 22 November 2014, it was announced that the hosts for Turkvision 2015 would have been Turkmenistan. Mary, the capital city of Mary Province in Turkmenistan, had been previously chosen as the host city.2 However, on 21 February 2015 it was announced that the host city had been changed and the contest would then take place in Ashgabat.3 In late August 2015, the host city was changed yet again to Istanbul, Turkey.4
The contest was held in the Yahya Kemal Beyatli Cultural Centre, in Istanbul, Turkey. The centre has 10,000 covered seats of 30,000 seats at total in Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul.5
Unlike the previous two editions, there was no semi-final held for the 2015 edition.6 The final took place on 19 December 2015, and was organised by the host broadcaster Turkish Music Box Television (TMB).7
Each participating country is represented by one jury member, confirmed as being on the jury were:
Twenty-one Turkic regions, which have either a large Turkic population or a widely spoken Turkic language, participated in the contest which took place on 19 December 2015. Below are the details of each of the participants.14
In addition to the contest winner, there were also three other awards presented during the show. These were as follows:20
Each of the participating broadcasters is expected to broadcast the contest live. The broadcasters that are confirmed so far are:
The following list of regions participated in the past but did not compete in 2015:
Whilst these countries were rumored to debut, but did not enter:
Granger, Anthony (7 December 2015). "Turkvizyon 15: all Russian regions withdraw from the contest". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208153805/https://eurovoix-world.com/turkvizyon15-all-russian-regions-withdraw-from-the-contest/ ↩
"Turkvizyon'15: Mary Will Host The Contest". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014. http://eurovoix.com/2014/11/22/turkvizyon15-mary-will-host-the-contest/ ↩
Granger, Anthony (21 February 2015). "Turkvizyon'15: Contest To Be Held In Ashgabat". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 February 2015. http://eurovoix.com/2015/02/21/turkvizyon15-contest-to-be-held-in-ashgabat/ ↩
Granger, Anthony. "Turkvizyon'15: Contest Moved To Istanbul?". eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015. http://eurovoix-world.com/turkvizyon15-contest-moved-to-istanbul/ ↩
"YKB Gosteri merkezi". http://www.kucukcekmece.bel.tr/icerikler/kultur-merkezleri/ykb-gosteri-merkezi/2021 ↩
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Granger, Anthony. "Turkvizyon'15: Final On December 19". eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 27 October 2015. http://eurovoix-world.com/turkvizyon15-final-on-december-19/ ↩
Granger, Anthony (18 December 2020). "Albania: Avni Qahili Returns as Turkvision Juror For 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 19 December 2020. https://eurovoix-world.com/2020/12/18/albania-avni-qahili-returns-as-turkvision-juror-for-2020/ ↩
Granger, Anthony (10 October 2020). "Gunesh Named Chair of Jury For Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 5 January 2021. https://eurovoix-world.com/2020/10/10/gunesh-named-chair-of-jury-for-turkvision-2020/ ↩
Granger, Anthony (7 December 2020). "Bosnia & Herzegovina: Ahmed Švrakić Named as Juror For Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 7 December 2020. https://eurovoix-world.com/2020/12/07/bosnia-herzegovina-ahmed-svrakic-named-as-juror-for-turkvision-2020/ ↩
Granger, Anthony (18 December 2020). "Germany: Volkan Gucer Turkvision 2020 Juror". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 19 December 2020. https://eurovoix-world.com/2020/12/18/germany-volkan-gucer-turkvision-2020-juror/ ↩
Granger, Anthony (18 December 2020). "Northern Cyprus: TV Broadcast & Juror for Turkvision 2020 Revealed". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 19 December 2020. https://eurovoix-world.com/2020/12/18/northern-cyprus-tv-broadcast-juror-for-turkvision-2020-revealed/ ↩
Granger, Anthony (18 December 2020). "Serbia: Denis Mavrić Returns as Juror For Turkvision". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 19 December 2020. https://eurovoix-world.com/2020/12/18/serbia-denis-mavric-returns-as-juror-for-turkvision/ ↩
Granger, Anthony. "Türkvizyon 2015: These are the participants". eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 11 September 2015. http://eurovoix-world.com/turkvizyon-2015-these-are-the-participants/ ↩
Granger, Anthony. "Turkvizyon'15: all singers and songs now known". eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015. http://eurovoix-world.com/turkvizyon15-all-singers-songs-now-known/ ↩
Granger, Anthony (19 December 2015). "Kyrgyzstan has won the third Turkvizyon Song Contest". Eurovoix. eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 19 December 2015. http://eurovoix-world.com/turkvizyon15-kyrgyzstan-has-won-the-third-turkvizyon-song-contest/ ↩
"Yayin Akisi-ATV Avrupa". www.atvavrupa.tv. Azad Azerbaijan TV. 19 December 2015. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20151219032528/http://www.atvavrupa.tv/yayinakisi/2015/12/19 ↩
Granger, Anthony. "Turkey: Ordu Boztepe TV To Broadcast Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015. http://eurovoix-world.com/turkey-ordu-boztepe-tv-to-broadcast-turkvizyon-2015/ ↩
Granger, Anthony. "Turkey: KRAL TV to broadcast Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015. http://eurovoix-world.com/turkey-kral-tv-to-broadcast-turkvizyon-2015/ ↩
Granger, Anthony. "Ukraine: Yuzhnaya Volna TV to broadcast Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015. http://eurovoix-world.com/ukraine-yuzhnaya-volna-tv-to-broadcast-turkvizyon-2015/ ↩
Granger, Anthony. "Altai Republic withdraws from Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015. http://eurovoix-world.com/altai-republic-withdraws-from-turkvizyon-2015/ ↩
Granger, Anthony. "Bashkortostan withdraws from Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 30 November 2015. http://eurovoix-world.com/bashkortostan-withdraws-from-turkvizyon-2015/ ↩
Granger, Anthony (29 November 2016). "Crimea: Alseyda To Perform "Felegimsin" at Turkvision 2016". Eurovoix World. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20161130191902/https://eurovoix-world.com/crimea-alseyda-perform-felegimsin/ ↩
"Kabardino-Balkaria: Aris Appaev To Compete in Turkvizyon 2016". Eurovoix World. 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190223231550/https://eurovoix-world.com/kabardino-balkaria-aris-appaev-compete-turkvizyon-2016/ ↩
"Turkvizyon'15: Khakassia & Tuva Withdraw". Eurovoix World. 30 November 2015. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20181001115122/https://eurovoix-world.com/turkvizyon15-khakassia-tuva-withdraw/ ↩
Granger, Anthony. "Stavropol Krai withdraws from Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015. http://eurovoix-world.com/stavropol-krai-withdraws-from-turkvizyon-2015/ ↩
Granger, Anthony (7 December 2015). "Tatarstan: Withdraws From Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix World. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20170927052228/http://eurovoix-world.com/tatarstan-withdraws-from-turkvizyon-2015/ ↩
Granger, Anthony (22 November 2015). "Tatarstan: Yamle Group Are Selected For Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix World. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20160301221918/http://eurovoix-world.com/tatarstan-yamle-group-are-selected-for-turkvizyon-2015/ ↩
Granger, Anthony. "Sakha Republic (Yakutia) withdraws from Turkvizton 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 1 December 2015. http://eurovoix-world.com/sakha-republic-yakutia-withdraws-from-turkvizyon-2015/ ↩
Granger, Anthony (13 February 2015). "Hungary: To Debut At Turkvizyon 2015?". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 13 February 2015. http://eurovoix.com/2015/02/13/hungary-to-debut-at-turkvizyon-2015/ ↩
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