Pınar Ayhan is a Turkish singer and television presenter born in Diyarbakır in 1972. He is known for representing Türkiye in the Eurovision Song Contest with Grup SOS in 2000. She used the name Pınar Karakoç in the early years of her career.
He studied English language and literature at Hacettepe University Faculty of Letters. His musical career was largely shaped around the Eurovision national auditions organized by TRT.
Eurovision journey
In the Türkiye final in 1996, "Var Mısın Söyle", which she sang with Tarkan Tüzmen, came second. The following year, he competed again with "Where Are You, I'm There" and again came in second place. In 2000, she won the national final with "Yorgunum Anla", which she performed with Grup SOS. The song collected 59 points at the 45th Eurovision Song Contest held in Stockholm on 13 May 2000, and Türkiye came tenth among 24 countries.
In the following years, he focused on screen work; He presented the Daily Guide program broadcast on TRT Okul channel until 2014. Do you hear during this period? (2012) and For Two of Us (2014). In 2022, he was deemed worthy of an award in the culture and arts category at the Ataturkist Thought Association's Ataturkist of the Year awards.
