[1][2] Soon after her birth, her family moved to Tophane, where Hafiftaş received her primary and secondary education at Tarlabaşı school.
[citation needed] After graduation, Nuray Hafiftaş continued her professional life as performer at the Istanbul University State Conservatory for four years.
Up to the present date Nuray Hafiftaş has released more than 13 vocal albums of Turkish folk music.
[citation needed] Hafiftaş had been treated for large bowel cancer at Menzil Community Naqshbandi Islamic group hospital in the Pendik district.
After a long treatment, her cancer metastasized to her liver and she died at an Istanbul hospital on 14 February 2018, at the age of 53.