Turkvision Song Contest 2015

Turkvision Song Contest 2015
Türkvizyon Istanbul 2015
Dates
Final	19 December 2015
Host
Venue	Yahya Kemal Beyatli Cultural Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
Presenter(s)	Vatan Sasmaz Oylum Talu
Host broadcaster	Turkish Music Box Television (TMB)
Participants
Number of entries	21
Debuting countries	Serbia  Syria
Returning countries	Belarus  Kosovo  Northern Cyprus
Non-returning countries	Bashkortostan  Crimea / Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia  Khakassia Moscow  Tatarstan  Turkmenistan  Tuva  Yakutia
Participation map      Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2015
Vote
Voting system	A juror from each region evaluates all the songs on a 10 point system.
Winning song	Kyrgyzstan "Kim Bilet"
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The Turkvision Song Contest 2015 (Turkish: Türkvizyon Şarkı Yarışması 2015) was the third edition of the Turkvision Song Contest, which took place in Istanbul, Turkey; and organised by Turkish Music Box Television (TMB). A total of twenty-one Turkic regions, which have either a large Turkic population or a widely spoken Turkic language, participated in the contest, as well as one Turkic ethnic groups who do not have a defined region. Several regions of the Russian Federation were on the preliminary participation list for the contest, but were later forced to withdraw due to the Ministry of Culture banning Russian regions from the TURKSOY organisation.^[1] There was no semi-final this year, whilst the final took place on 19 December 2015.