Maria Rita Epik
Maria Rita Epik (born 1 January 1958 in İzmir) is a Turkish musician of Italian Levantine descent,[1][2] who won the Turkish pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. In 1990 she opened the Epik Music School in her native Izmir. She attended Virginia Tech in the United States.[1]
ESC 1979 controversy
Epik had won the internal Turkish pre-selection in 1979 to sing for Turkey at the first ever Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Israel. However, due to a political decision by Eurovision Turkey to boycott Israel, she had to withdraw and stay at home.[3][1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "A musician in Izmir". Turkish Daily News. 13 July 2007. ProQuest 328668696.
- ↑ "'Some call them Levantine' sheds light on Izmir's cultural wealth". Turkish Daily News. 11 August 2007. ProQuest 328660004.
- ↑ cohen, San (20 March 1979). "Turkey decides to cast its lot with Arab world". Christian Science Monitor. ProQuest 512073700.
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