Our partner website oikotimes.com revealed the news, that Demir Demirkan was aked to compose the Turkish entry for the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest and he is on the TRT selection committee. esctoday.com contacted Demir Demirkan's management and it turns out that he is neither composing the 2007 entry nor is he in any way connected to the 2007 competition or to TNT.
Demir Demirkan was said to be member of of the TRT 'committee' that would select the 2007 Turkish representative which therefore also turns out not to be true. He composed the song Everyway that I can along with Sertab Erener in 2003, which went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest in Riga. Healso wrote the lyrics. The entry won the Eurovision Song Contest and was a big hit all over Europe.
In a statement given to esctoday.com, Demirkan's management, GNL Entertainment, informs us that "Demir Demirkan is not composing for Eurovision 2007, nor he is in a committe of TRT related with Eurovision. He is not in any way connected to Eurovision 2007".
Reliable news from Turkey regarding their entry for the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest will have to wait a little longer as TRT are playing their cards very close to their chest at the moment.
