Tag: Karachay-Cherkessia

If you’d wondered where our Turkish friends had gone, worry not

By John Stanton on November 19, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Turkey has not been in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2012. We miss them and their ethnic sounds that added a “je ne sais quoi” to the Eurovision family. Instead, they set up their own contest for members (and guests) of the Turkic-speaking world. Not just sovereign […]

Inaugural Türkvizyon to hit the world’s screens – Watch the videos

By John Stanton on December 18, 2013 • ( 1 Comment )

Not content with a Europe-wide festival of song, our friends in Turkey have devised a variation on this popular theme. Using the base of Eskişehir, Turkish city of culture for 2013, 11 countries and 13 sub-national regions will compete for the prize on 19 and 21 December. Some […]