Turkey has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 34 times since 1975. Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, the only year that Turkey participated and failed to advance to the finals was in 2011. Turkey won the contest once in 2003, and hosted the 2004 contest in Istanbul. Turkey finished last on its debut at the contest in 1975, and went on to finish last with “nul points” in 1983 and 1987. They reached the top ten for the first time in 1986. Şebnem Paker achieved the country’s first top five result in 1997, finishing third with the song “Dinle”.