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Abstract
In this study, three claims/arguments regarding the emergence and function of the Eurovision Song Contest were put forward and tried to be grounded. First, the contest emerged as a tool for Western Europe to influence Eastern Europe culturally in the Cold War but it didn’t become an ideological conflict area of East-West. Second, the contest functioned as a stage of expressing the political problems/situations that countries experience within themselves or with each other in the Cold War era and aftermath. Third, although Turkey took place in the Western Europe side in the Cold War, this contest made Turkey feel non-European while having a different identity. In this context, the subject is discussed from the historical perspective with the assumption that the subject of history is unique. The study focused primarily on the concept of the Cold War and the contest. Then, it was explained with the examples which political problems/situations different from the Cold War ideological conflict environment were brought up on the contest platform. Finally, it was emphasized that the contest contributed to “us vs them” dichotomy in Turkey against Europe, contrary to Eurovision’s aim to form/create a common European culture.
Highlights
Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is a musical-entertainment organisation and composition competition which has become a tradition, so to say, coming to this day from the 1950s and turning into a visual show by being depended on the circumstances and technology of the time
ESC was born in the Cold War era as a mechanism of Western Europe to influence the East culturally, it did not create an ideological conflict between the East and West
Turkey was a part of Western Europe in terms of Cold War polarization, this contest made Turkey feel as non-European with a different identity
Summary
Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is a musical-entertainment organisation and composition competition which has become a tradition, so to say, coming to this day from the 1950s and turning into a visual show by being depended on the circumstances and technology of the time. ESC was born in the Cold War era as a mechanism of Western Europe to influence the East culturally, it did not create an ideological conflict between the East and West. Turkey was a part of Western Europe in terms of Cold War polarization, this contest made Turkey feel as non-European with a different identity. In this context, the topic was covered with a historical perspective and awareness of the fact that the subject of history is unique. It will be emphasized that contrary to ESC’s aim to create a European culture, in Turkey, the contest has contributed to “us vs them” dichotomy on the issue of Europe
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