| Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) | |||
| Country |  Turkey | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: 26. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 2 September 2003 Song: 24 January 2004 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Athena | |||
| Selected song | "For Real" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 4th, 195 points | |||
| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "For Real", written by Gökhan Özoğuz and Hakan Özoğuz, and performed by the band Athena. The Turkish participating broadcaster Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performers internally. In addition, TRT was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, after winning the previous edition with the song "Everyway That I Can" performed by Sertab Erener.
TRT announced Athena as its representative on 2 September 2003, while their song was selected through the national final 26. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali. Three songs were presented to the public between 21 and 24 January 2004 and the winning song, "For Real", was selected entirely by a public televote and announced on 24 January during the TRT 1 show Sayısal Gece.
As the host country, Turkey qualified to compete directly in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 22 during the final, Turkey placed fourth out of the 24 participating countries with 195 points.