[1] 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".

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.

[citation needed] 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.