Nihal was born in Trabzon in 2000. In 2024, she graduated from Akdeniz University, Department of Cinema and Television. Nihal, who expanded her sectoral experiences as well as her cinema education during her university years, stepped into her directing career with her first short film in 2020. Later, Nihal started documentary filmmaking, with a particular focus on women's stories. Her first short documentary "Fire Of Novruz" had its national premiere at Women Directors Turkey, Istanbul 2024. She is currently working on her first feature-length docu-drama project "Kuru Dönem". Kuru Dönem received the Project Development Support Award at the TRT Documentary Awards in 2023, received the "Marche Du Film" award in the main presentation category at the AJB Docs Sarajevo Film Festival in 2024 and was selected for the "Spotlighted Projects" section of the Cannes Film Festival in 2025, where only 10 films from around the world are accepted.