 After two years of selecting an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest internally, Turkish Radio and Television Corporation ("TRT") decided to return to the public national final system used previously.136 songs, all written in Turkish, were submitted to TRT and 7 of them were selected by a selection committee for the national final.The final took place on 11 February 2005 at the Ari TV Studios in Ankara, hosted by Meltem Yazgan and Bülent Özveren.