| Year: | 2012 |
| Broadcaster: | Turkish: [[Turkish Radio and Television Corporation|Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu]]|i=no (TRT) |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Preselection: | Internal selection |
| Preselection Date: | Artist: 9 January 2012 Song: 22 February 2012 |
| Entrant: | Can Bonomo |
| Song: | Love Me Back |
| Sf Result: | Qualified (5th, 80 points) |
| Final Result: | 7th, 112 points |
| Next: | none |
Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Love Me Back" written and performed by Can Bonomo. The Turkish participating broadcaster Turkish: [[Turkish Radio and Television Corporation|Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu]]|i=no (TRT) internally selected its entry for the contest.
The song qualified from the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest and went on to place seventh in the final out of the 26 participating entries, scoring 112 points.[1] [2], this was the last Turkish entry in the contest, before TRT withdrew the following year. The absence has continued in every edition since.
On 22 September 2011, Turkish: [[Turkish Radio and Television Corporation|Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu]]|i=no (TRT) opened the suggestions for the public to nominate potential artists for consideration.[3] On 9 January 2012, TRT announced during the TRT 1 evening news bulletin that singer Can Bonomo had been internally selected to represent Turkey in Baku.[4] Prior to the announcement of Can Bonomo as the Turkish representative, rumoured artists in Turkish media included Atiye, Hande Yener, Kıraç and Sıla.[5] Three songs were submitted by Bonomo to the broadcaster in February 2012 and a selection committee selected "Love Me Back" as the song they would perform at the contest.[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. The show was broadcast on TRT 1 and TRT Müzik as well as online via the broadcaster's official website trt.net.tr and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[8] The song was written by Can Bonomo himself.
Turkey competed in the second half of the second semi-final (13th on stage), on 24 May 2012, following and preceding . Can Bonomo received 80 points and placed 5th, thus qualifying for the final on 26 May.[9] The public awarded Turkey 4th place with 114 points and the jury awarded 13th place with 42 points.[10]
In the final, Turkey was drawn to perform 18th, after and preceding . The Turkish entry scored a total of 112 points and placed 7th in the final, with the public awarding Turkey 4th place with 176 points and the jury awarding 22nd place with 50 points.[11]