Asian Woman Figure And An Active Subject Of Politics: Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi

An Indian politician, Indira Priyadarshini GANDHI, as an Asian woman politician figure, had been the prime minister of India for a long term. At first glance, she presents a progressive and reformist politician image. Unfortunately, in academic literature in Anatolian (Istanbul) Turkish it is not possible to reach reviews about her practices, political standing, and struggle. Nevertheless, Indira is an attractive subject, both as a ruler to make a former dominion which just achieved independence stand on its own feet and a modernist who breaks taboos while at the same time sticking to cultural values. The aim of this study is to provide a reference to different works and a possibility to comparative studies by drawing a perspective and state an evaluation. To achieve these, at first basic sources for reference are identified, then Indira GANDHI’s life story was refined comparatively from different sources, and fixed facts are presented over three periods that cover all her life. Presented facts are reviewed and interpreted so that it was possible to put forth a number of outcomes of her political struggle, main and prominent aspects and basic characteristics in the scope of this life story. Her principal works in fields she gave priority, including women’s rights, made up an interesting panorama