In 1955, she married Nejat Diyarbekirli and gave birth to a son named Osman and a daughter Zeynep.

[4] Prior to the World War II, many German people had escaped from Nazi Germany and emigrated to Turkey.

Gertrude Isaac, a pianist was one of them, and she gave Sarıca piano lessons when she was as young as five years old.

She gave concerts in such countries as the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Soviet Union, Hungary, former Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Australia.

Currently, she serves in the Dr Erol Üçer Music Research Center of Istanbul Technical University.