She studied graphic design in the State College of Applied Fine Arts Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul Devlet Tatbiki Güzel Sanatlar Yüksek Okulu).
[2] Nükhet Ruacan died at the age of 55 on 6 May 2007 at a hospital in Istanbul, where she was treated on leukemia.
Between 1974 and 1977, she performed in the orchestras of Emin Fındıkoğlu and Tommy Dodd in Switzerland, and in Norway.
[5] She appeared in concerts in China and the United States as a representative of Ministry of Culture.
Later, she served in Istanbul Bilgi University for ten years as a musicology teacher.