Başar, born in 1984, graduated from Hacettepe University, Department of Economics in 2006. In 2008, she completed her master's thesis at Hacettepe University Institute of Social Sciences with the title "The Socio-economic Determinants of Health Outcomes: An Application Depending on the Health Production Function for OECD Countries" at Hacettepe University Institute of Social Sciences in 2008 and completed her doctoral studies at the Department of Economics, University of Sheffield in 2012 with her thesis titled "Empirical Analysis of Health and Educational Attainment in Turkey". Currently, Başar is a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Hacettepe University. Başar's fields of study include Health Economics, Gender Studies, Employment Market, Industrial Organisation and Applied Microeconomics.