[1][2] Meral Menderes was born in Kuşadası of Aydın Province, western Turkey in 1933.
Her further roles were as Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni and in La bohème by Puccini.
[2] She was known as a soprano with natural and sonorous voice in highest pitch vocal range.
[1][2] Meral Menderes died at age 78 in her home in Maltepe, Istanbul on 27 December 2011.
She was interred at Küçükyalı Cemetery after a memorial ceremony held at Süreyya Opera House and the religious funeral service at Maltepe Merkez Mosque.