As they were unable to have a biological child, they adopted a four-month old baby girl named İpek in their 15th year of marriage.
The foundation opened the Pera Museum in 2005, which exhibits three valuable art collections of the Kıraç family.
[6] In 1998, she published an autobiography, in which she wrote about her life, her marriage, how she adopted her daughter İpek, her professional years, her illness and her dreams.
She was diagnosed in the Houston Methodist Hospital with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a specific disease that causes the death of neurons which control voluntary muscles.
[7] She was interred at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery following a memorial ceremony before the headquarters of Koç Holding and the religious funeral service held at the Divinity mosque of Marmara University.