Başak Başoğlu is Professor of Civil Law at Pîrî Reis University Faculty of Law (Istanbul), where she serves as Head of the Civil Law Department. She earned her law degree and Ph.D. from Istanbul University, LL.M. from Istanbul Bilgi University and her habilitation in Civil Law from the Turkish Inter-University Council. She has also been a qualified lawyer and a member of the Istanbul Bar Association since 2005.

Her research focuses on contract, tort, property and family law, as well as comparative, environmental and digital law. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the Max Planck Society, DAAD, French Government and the UNIDROIT. She was recently awarded the 2024–2025 Sir Roy Goode Scholarship at UNIDROIT and continues to contribute to its project on the legal nature of verified carbon credits.

She serves as Secretary General and Board Member of the Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA). She is also a member of international associations, including IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL).