From 2001 to 2007 she was a member of the Ministry of Justice Penal Institutions and Detention Houses Monitoring Board, a post from which she resigned in April 2007 for reasons of health.

She was married to Prof. Dr. Güntekin Köksal and had two daughters, Ayşe and Zeynep, as well as five grandchildren: Kaya, Ege, Melissa, Rauf and Sinan.

Her very first composition was "With You I'm Full, Without You an Empty Shell" (Waltz of Happiness),[5] a work in the Acemkürdi makam for which she wrote the words as well as the music.

[2] A number of her compositions have been arranged polyphonically, while her works are performed throughout Turkey by various choirs, as well as being rendered on radio stations and television channels.

Köksal's album Aşk Senfonisi (Symphony of Love), featuring Hakan Aysev and Göksel Baktagir, has been released in October 2010.

[2] In addition to all these endeavors she was interested in psychology as well as all branches of art including cinema, painting, the theater and dance, and she was also a photographer.