Turkvision Song Contest, also known as Türkvizyon Song Contest, was an annual singing contest created by Turkish music channel TMB TV, inspired by the format of the Eurovision Song Contest organized by TÜRKSOY. The first edition took place in Eskişehir, Turkey followed by the grand finale on December 2013. Countries and regions that were Turkic-speaking and of Turkic ethnicity were eligible to participate in the contest.
In addition, Turksoy and TMB Tv channel, announced their collaboration to stage an international design contest for a brand new logo for the singing competition. Designer from countries that participated in the singing contest, took part in this competition. As one of the designers representing Turkey, I joined the competition, winning the award for the best logo designed, which was used for the Türkvizyon Song Contest.
Countries or regions participated in Turkvision
Albania, Altai Republic, Azerbaijan, Bashkortostan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Crimea, Gagauzia, Georgia, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kazakhstan, Kemerovo, Khakassia, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldova, Moscow, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Poland, Romania, Stavropol Krai, Sweden, Syria, Syria, Tajikistan, Tatarstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Yakutia.
Entered at least once 
Entered at least once, but only in a combined entry 
Never entered, although eligible to do so 
Entry intended but later withdrew 
The design story:
Phoenix (Ancient Greek folklore, phoînix), Turkish (Anka, Zümrüdüanka), Persian (Homa – Quqnūs – Simorgh) is a mythical bird symbolizing fire and ice and that regenerate and obtain a new life from arising from the ashes of its predecessor.
Simorgh (meaning literally thirty (si) birds (morgh)) is a story from the Persian poet Farid u-din Attar, from his book Conference of the Birds.
The story recounts the longing of a group of birds who search for a leader. They decide the legendary “Simorgh” should be their’ king so they go on a journey to find him. They journey over seven valleys each representing one stage of attainment to wholeness.
One by one, the birds drop out, unable to fulfill the challenging journey. Eventually only thirty (si) birds (morgh) reach the land of “Simorgh”, but instead of finding their spiritual leader, all they saw was their own reflection in a lake. The birds realize that all along they were the “Simorgh” and that they are not separate from the universe, they are one with it.
Design process
To create a timeless yet symbolic logo for this competition, I opted to design the famous ancient phoenix bird as the brand’s logo. phoenix bird is culturally symbolic between all the participated countries. My logo design, also inspired the design for the singing contest final award, a golden phoenix, agreed by the organizers.
Color palette
Contemporary combination of red and blue colors were used, symbolizing fire and ice exemplified as the Pheonix in the logo. The selection of the blue color in the pallet was also to incorporate Turkish ancestry. While phoenix has been portrayed as a raptorial and strong bird, I re-modeled the head and the beak showcasing, peace and unity between the participated countries in the contest. This was further highlighted by projecting the phoenix flying over the title of the contest, using turquoise, blue and red colors.
