Şefiqa Gaspıralı (Russian: Шефика Исмаиловна Гаспринская, romanized: Shefika Ismailovna Gasprinskaya; 14 October 1886 – 31 August 1975) was a Crimean Tatar feminist leader who was editor-in-chief and publisher of the first women's magazine, a member of the Presidency Council of the Kurultai, and a deputy for two terms in the Crimean People's Republic.

Şefiqa Gaspıralı was born to Ismail Gasprinsky (1851–1914), a Crimean Tatar thinker, publisher, educator, politician and reformer, one of the leaders of the Turkish cultural and political awakening in the early 20th century, in Bakhchysarai, Crimea (Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire) on 14 October 1886.

[2] In 1912, Şefiqa and her husband Yusifbeyli moved to Ganja, Azerbaijan and settled there after the magazine Alem-i Nisvan was closed.

[2] Turkic women living in the Russian Empire were excluded from social, political, cultural and economic life, neglected and deprived of education.

All her life, Şefiqa Gaspıralı struggled with her schools, organizations and political participation efforts for the awakening of Turkic women, about which not many people cared.

[2] Şefiqa Gaspıralı aimed to make Turkic women equal legally, socially and culturally in a male-dominated understanding of administration and society in all respects.

[2] Crimea had two advantages over other regions for the socio-cultural and political development of Turkic women: First, it was the birthplace of the innovation and modernization movement initiated by İsmail Gaspıralı.

However, when the 1917 Revolution began, due to the absence of a unifying female leader, there was no other women's organization other than the Taze Hayat Cemiyet ("Fresh Life Society") in Yalta.

İsmail Gaspıralı's efforts against the narrow-minded people, who were against the full and equal participation of women in social and political life, yielded results, albeit slowly, but to achieve real success with the support of the society, he needed a female leader, even leaders, who could influence the masses in the way of "women's organization" was needed.

Memduh Şevket (Esendal), the Baku representative of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, extends a helping hand to Şefiqa Gaspıralı, who has to escape death for the second time.

[2] With fake Ottoman identity documents and passport prepared, she emigrated for the last time with her two children on the train, which was also provided by Memduh Şevket, carrying the captive Turkish soldiers and aid ammunition to Turkey.

Besides, newspapers and magazines published in Turkish such as Tercüman (The Translatoré), Vakit ("The Time"), Kazan Muhbiri ("The Reporter of Kazan"), Burhan-ı Terakki ("The Witness of Progress"), Ülfet ("Familliarity") published in Russia between 1883 and 1920, and in Russian such as Kaspi, Golos Tatar, original letters, leader staff-level political correspondence, congress and meeting minutes, resolutions, conference texts, important clippings, bylaws, regulations, road permits, hotel invoices corresponding to the dates of the congress, declarations, photographs, books, political documents submitted to official authorities.

Petitions with content, Duma (Russian Parliament) documents, candidate lists for elections, delegate cards, parliamentary mandates, bills, brochures, invitations, delegate badges, official correspondence of organizations such as the "Muslim Alliance", "Society of Auspice", "Women's Committees", National Council" etc.