Ayla Dikmen

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".