 Women make up one half of the human capital available to any economy. And over time, a narrowed gender gap has been shown to positively correlate with competitiveness. Turkey is currently the 16th largest economy in the world, but it only ranks 59th in the Global Competitiveness Index. Turkey ranks 122nd in the Global Gender Gap Index, so closing this gap may help Turkey improve its competitiveness. There are four areas that relate to this gender gap – health, education, economy and politics. Regarding education, 92% of the gender gap has already been closed, however only 39% of the economic gender gap has been closed. So while investments have been made in developing Turkey's human capital, the country is not reaping the full returns from that investment. While the gap in labour force participation has narrowed slightly over time, it is still very large. Despite an increasing number of women having access to universities, the gender gap in tertiary education is still persisting and women that are part of the labour force are not recruited into highly skilled and leadership positions. Also, in comparatively similar roles, women are still earning little more than half of what men earn, with a fast-growing economy rapidly shifting from the agriculture and industrial sectors to services, it is critical for Turkey to develop its human capital more efficiently. Despite measures already put in place, more can be done to effectively close the gender gap. So what would it take to close the economic gender gap in Turkey by 10% in the next three years?