Göksel was born in Istanbul on November 25, 1971. In 1988 she applied to Boğaziçi University to study philosophy. However, she quit her studies to become a professional musician. She started to take privatesinging lessons and began singing for various orchestras. For two years she was a backing vocalist to Sezen Aksu and Sertab Erener, two of Turkey's most acknowledged female singers. In September 1997, her first album, entitled Yollar, was released, of which the first single, "Sabır", became a big hit. She released her second album, Körebe, in October 2001 under a Sony Music label. Its most successful single was "Depresyondayım". Her third album came out in May 2003 under the title Söz Ver. That year Göksel gave a successful concert in Babylon with a Greek group, Omega Vibes. In March 2005, Göksel published her latest album, Arka Bahçem. The album's biggest hit was "Bi seni konuşurum". Göksel is also featured in the album of Turkish rock bandmaNga; their duet called "Dursun zaman" is very popular with radio stations and appears on the soundtrack of the film Sınav. Göksel's fifth album, entitled Ay'da Yürüdüm , was released on 13 April 2007. The first single is titled "Yarabbi Şükür". The album features a duet with Ferman Akgül, the singer of maNga and renowned Turkish rock starTeoman. The song's title is "Taş Bebek" and according to Göksel, the song was written to show how much the women have to suffer to be always beautiful. Göksel states that women are designed to do much more useful things than just dolling themselves up for the sake of men, so she wrote this song to remind women that beauty lies inside and not in clothes or make-up. She released her sixth studio albumMektubumu Buldun mu? in May 2009, in which she performed covers of popular Turkish songs. In September 2009, her previous company released a compilation best-of album, which allegedly released without artist's permission. On April 28 of 2010 Göksel released her second covers album, seventh over all, called "Hayat Rüya Gibi". She did a cover of "Paroles Paroles" named "Palavra" and a ballad with the name of "Tek Başına". In 2018, Göksel collaborated with electronic musicianHey Douglas to create a song called "Duruyor Dünya".
