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Ayla Dikmen
Person · female · Turkey · Kütahya · born 1944 · died 1990
Turkish singer (1944–1990)
Timeline
1940s
1990s
Biography
Biography
Ayla Dikmen (25 March 1944 – 20 August 1990) was a Turkish singer.
Biography
Born in Kütahya on 25 March 1944, Dikmen began her professional singing career with Yavuz Özışık. She met Şerif Yüzbaşıoğlu behind the scenes at a radio program and joined his orchestra under the stage name "Parla Nur". She was selected the best female singer at the second Boğaziçi Music Festival in 1964. In 1965, she won the Balkan Melodileri Festival with the song Niksar'ın Fidanları. Dikmen went on to have a successful music career with several hits like Niksar'ın Fidanları, Yanan Mum, Anlamazdın, Nereye, Aşk Defteri and Zehir Gibi Aşkın Var.
Death and legacy
Ayla Dikmen died of cervical cancer in 1990 at the age of 46. Her hit song Anlamazdın was widely used in Çağan Irmak's 2008 film Issız Adam.
45's
Niksarın Fidanları / Ay Kız Adın Yamandır (1966)
Merdiven / Mühür Gözlüm (1967)
Ayrılık Şarkısı / Seninleyim (1968)
Sensiz Yaşayamam / Nereye (1970)
Gençlik Gençlik / Sakın Karşımda Ağlama (1970)
Yanan Mum / Al Yanaklım (1971)
Asker Mektubu / Of Aman, Aman (1971)
Kime Ne Düştü / Hadi Gidelim (1972)
Bir Gölge Gibi / Sevmeden Kimse Seni (1972)
Sus Arkadaş / Sonsuz Keder (1973)
Aşk Defteri / Öpücük (1974)
Yolcu Yolunda Gerek / Kalbime Kanımla Yazdım Adını (1974)
Çoban Pınarı / Ay Ay Ay (1975)
Yeniden seveceğim / Kim Dinler Sizi (1975)
Hu Bismillah / Anlamadın Mı (1976)
Benim Kaderim Bu / Hadi İçelim (1976)
Onu Bunu Bilmem Kararlıyım / İlk Ve Son Aşkımsın (1978)
Full length
Ayla Dikmen (Coşkun Plak-1976)
Göz Bebeğim (Coşkun Plak-1980)
Posthumous albums
Seninle Sonsuza Kadar (MCC Müzik-2007)
Ayla Dikmen Klasikler (MCC Müzik-2008)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 6 | 38.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Ayla Dikmen head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 6 | 38.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ayladikmen1989.webpcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4831341genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4831341seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayla_Dikmenbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayla_Dikmen
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Turkish musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Heekzjziauay · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q4831341 · MusicBrainz: 5c0fe49a-4889-41c3-b35a-9fc173399684
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