Vol. 1, Issue 1, Part D (2014)

Abstract
The non-violent, tolerant, pacifistic and humanistic manner of Mahatma Gandhi is a globally recognized fact. UNESCO’s foundation of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development is one of the best examples that support this fact. Gandhi came to be known as Mahatma (great soul) for the courageous, selfless, and nonviolent methodologies that characterized the way he lived as well as his attempts at instilling reform for the betterment of his fellow citizens and the world. In this study, it is aimed to present “Mahatma Gandhi”, who is globally accepted as a role model with his personal characteristics, meaning and view of life, devotion to his beliefs, way of struggling with the problems he encountered, universal understanding of peace and tolerance, the value he attached to human beings, and his character, thus, from the values he possessed, to set forth an educational point of view.