Ayşe Hatun Önal

Ayşe Hatun Önal — Biography

Ayşe Hatun Önal was born on 29 July 1978 in Adana. After finishing Adana Borsa High School she studied public relations at Anadolu University in Eskişehir, leaving after her second year to pursue modelling. In 1999 she was crowned Türkiye Güzeli at the Miss Turkey pageant organized by Kanal D and went on to represent her country at the Miss World final in London that same year. Following years of modelling and television presenting, she entered the music scene in 2003 with the single "Çeksene Elini," directed by Murad Küçük. After a five-year gap, she released her debut album, Sustuysam, on Sony BMG in 2008; its track "Kalbe Ben" climbed to number nine on the Billboard Türkçe Top 20. Her singles "Çak Bir Selam" and "Güm Güm," hits in 2014 and 2015 respectively, later appeared on her second album, Selam Dengesiz, in 2017. Working mainly with electronic arrangements and writing much of her own material, she has also acted in film and television since the early 2000s. In May 2026 she returned to music with a new single after a long break, and the following month she was briefly detained and released in a drug investigation, giving a statement that drew wide press coverage.