Sıdıka Başçı received her Ph.D in economics from Bilkent University in 1998. She has taught at different universities in Turkey and United Kingdom. Her research area is econometrics and specifically she is interested in model selection. She founded a consultant firm where reports on economical and financial issues were being prepared. She managed the firm for five years from 1999 to 2005. She is among the founders and managers of Econometric Research Association which publishes the semi-annual international, EconLit indexed journal “International Econometric Review”. She is also the Associate Editor of this journal. During the years 2006 to 2011, she worked at Statistical Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), a subsidiary organ of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as the Director of the Statistics and Information Department and Acting Director. In 2011 she started to work at Strategic Thinking Institute as the Coordinator of the Economic Program. She stopped working at the Institute in 2013 and started teaching econometrics at both undergraduate and graduate level at Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Department of Economics as an Assistant Professor. She has many articles published in different journals.