Suzan Yakar, who was born in 1911 in the Cihangir district of Istanbul, as the daughter of Tevfik Bey, originally from Erzurum, and Gülbahar Hanım, left her education after completing primary school and followed a path intertwined with music. He developed his voice by taking lessons from well-known teachers of the period such as Zeki Duygulu, Sadettin Kaynak and Bimen Şen.
Yakar, who started singing folk songs at the Türk Ocağı Hall in Izmir in 1933, stepped into the Çankırı Casino in Istanbul three years later. The artist, who started getting married in 1945, moved into the world of cinema the same year and founded the Halk Film Company in Bakırköy with her husband Fuat Rutkay.
Suzan Yakar, who started her cinema career with a leading role in the movie "Harman Sonu", founded the Yakar Film Company under her own name in the early 1960s, after the death of her husband. In 1961, she married Adnan Şenses, whom she met in the movie "The Poor Singer", but this relationship ended in 1963. After turning off the stage lights, Yakar turned to radio and record work and became active in the field of acting and production in the following years. The artist, who passed away in Istanbul in 1992, was buried in Feriköy Cemetery.
Suzan Yakar, who left a significant musical legacy, released two-part 45s under the Columbia label in 1942, such as "Ne Kara Günler / Let's Stone the Armudu", "Çek Canım Çek / Esmer Kızlar Edalı", "Künyemi Yazıdım Taşa / Heroic Turkish Private" and "Bir Odatırdım From the Hurma Branch / Hüdaya Vasfeyle Halim". In the same period, with the records "Owner's Voice", "Tell the Sun Not to Rise Today / If I Was Coffee, I'd Roast in the Cupboards", "Oh Fadimem Where Are You / I Became a Soldier", "I Tied My Horse to a Forest / Your Boy Name is Mustafa", "Weaver Girl / I Drink Raki and Walk Around", "There's a Journey (Part 1) / There's a Journey (Part 2)", "Bayram Gecesi" (Part 1) / Bayramgecesi (Part 2)”, “Where Should I Look for You / The Dawn Broke Again, Sunam”, “Çiya Çiya / Tangerine Orange”, “They Say / There is Longing in the Heart”, “Oh, Oh My Hürmüzum / Humar Gözlüm”, “How He Had Eyes / Don't Shoot, Hunter, Don't Shoot”, “It'll Be Long, The Knife of the Masters / Evening Comes, the Prostitutes” He won the admiration of the audience with his works such as Dizilir” and “Seni Her Wherever Görsem / Başıda Acem Şalı”. In 1946, songs such as "Çile Bülbülüm Çile / Why Did You Look at Me Like That", "My Niches / Didn't You Arrive at the Pınara", "Tasselled Trouble / Eyvallah", "I Came Out to the Cherry Branch / Yellow Wheat", "Don't Trust Your Wish / They Said, Don't Love Me, You'll Regret It" in 1948, "My Ali /" in 1948. My Tongue Can't Say Its Name", "Civelek / Tambura", "Külhanlı / Ada Sahilleri", "Allan Gel Pullan Gel / Ekinim Harmanım Yok" and in 1949, "Let's Throw Away, Let's Add the Raki to the Wine / Never Mind", "Gülizar / Külhanlı", "Daldalanma / Ada Sahilleri", "
