Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Sufi had received 37 points, placing Turkey fifteenth. 8 participants had voted for Sufi. In the 1985 contest Turkey had received 36 points from 8 countries. Atilla Şereftuğ, the composer of the winner ("Ne partez pas sans moi" by Celine Dion) was a Turk living in Switzerland . The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to United Kingdom. This was the first time that Turkey gave points to Greece (3 out of 10) . Votes of the Turkish jury: Votes received by the Turkish song: Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Turkey was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest
Unison (Celine Dion album) the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi", which later won the contest. CBS Records had originally offered $25,000 to make the album, which would allow Dion to record new vocals over the original musical tracks from "Incognito". Three events would raise the ante. First, Dion performed a duet with Dan Hill on "Can't We Try" at the CBS Canada 1987 convention. The performance impressed the company's president Bernie DiMatteo enough for him to raise the budget to $100,000 so that some new songs could be commissioned. Next, at the Juno Awards of 1987 she