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Dönme Dolap (The Carousel in English) was the Turkish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 performed in Turkish by Modern Folk Trio & Ayşegül Aldinç.The song was performed second on the night (following Austria’s Marty Brem with Wenn du da bist and preceding Germany’s Lena Valaitis with Johnny Blue). At the close of voting it had received 9 points placing 18th (equaling Portugal) in a field of 20.The song is a mixture between the traditional Turkish music and the pop music.