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January 14, 2012

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Jewish Singer Turkey’s Eurovision Pick

New York City
Staff Report
JTA Wire Service

Jewish singer will represent Turkey at the Eurovision song contest.

Can Bonomo of Izmir was Turkey’s pick for the annual songfest, Zaman’s online edition reported Tuesday. This year’s contest will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, in May.

EuroVisionary, a Eurovision fan site, describes the 24-year-old singer-songwriter’s style as “Istanbulian music that works with tunes from Alaturca to international indie style” with the Shins, Wax Poetic, the Kinks, the Libertines and the Beatles as influences.

A board selected by the Turkish Radio and Television Corp. chooses the country’s contestant.

(This story courtesy the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, http://www.jta.org .)

This story reprinted courtesy of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

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