Abstract:

This study is about the differentiation of old age experiences of individuals, who are over 65 years, living in Şişli and Sancaktepe districts of Istanbul by departing from the intersectionality of urbanisation and old age. Elderly individuals of two districts that are quite different from each other in terms of income and urbanization level, migration history and demographic structure are also subjects of two different aging experiences in the same city. Years of experience with the advancement of age have significant effects on individuals' lives. The researches carried out with the intersectionality principle reveal a useful perspective to understand the interaction of all these experiences with each other and then the overall interaction. In the field research where qualitative research method was applied, 45 in-depth interviews were conducted in Sancaktepe and Şişli periodically and the findings were categorized on socio-economic status, traditionality and loneliness concepts. The results indicate how important traditionality and modernity are in the life of the elderly. It is also revealed that the old age experience is closely related to social structure, habitus and family relations.

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