Kumyk in the Turkvision Song Contest
Kumyk participated in the Turkvision Song Contest for the first time at the Turkvision Song Contest 2016, held in Istanbul, Turkey. Although they are not a country nor a region they are a Turkic ethnic group who do not have a defined region. They were originally going to make their debut at the 2015 contest but later withdrew due to the state of international relations between the Russia and Turkey.History
On 23 September 2015 it was confirmed that Kumyks would make their official Turkvision Song Contest début at the 2015 contest to be held in Istanbul, Turkey. However, on 17 December it was announced that Kumyk would not debut at the contest due to the current state of international relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey. Despite this Kumyk did select Gulmira, Fatima and Kamilya with the song "Alğa!" to represent them in 2015.Participation
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