She was originally part of the Turkish pop trio İzel-Çelik-Ercan, but after the group broke up in 1993, she decided to release solo albums.

Performing alongside Reyhan Karaca and Can Uğurluer with the song "İki Dakika", the trio finished 12th of 22 participants.

In 1997, İzel released her second solo album titled Emanet which featured Mustafa Sandal on the opening track as well as listing him as a producer.

She originally wanted the album to be produced by Ercan Saatçi and Aykut Gürel, but could not convince them to work together.

While she was working for Emel Müftüoğlu's album, she met Sezen Aksu and her present arranger Sinan Akçıl.

She has had a prolonged bout of acne, which she recently explained was a physiological response to her learning about being deceived by her partner.