[1][2] Müzeyyen Dombayoğlu was born in 1918 in the village of Gököz, in Keles district of Bursa Province, in the then Ottoman Empire.

[1] At six years old, knowing most of the popular folk songs by heart, she sang at family gatherings and wedding ceremonies, to which her mother took her.

[2] Following an offer of Mesut Cemil in 1938, she went to Ankara to perform at the newly established state-owned local radio station.

She retired from active singing in 1983, appearing in her final show in a popular music hall in Bebek, Istanbul.

[1][2] On 26 September 2006 it was reported that she suffered a cerebral infarction at her home in İzmir, which paralyzed her left side.

[10] On 10 February, she was laid to rest in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery, following the religious service held at Bebek Mosque in Istanbul.

][12] With the initiative of her student, renowned Turkish classical music singer, Bülent Ersoy, an exhibition of photographs of her entitled "Cumhuriyetin Divası: Müzeyyen Senar" ("Müzeyyen Senar, the Diva of the Republic") was held in Ankara on 29 October 2009, the Republic Day of Turkey.