Abstract:

The society is always changing. In the process of social change, institutions experience dissociation and reunification. In this process, social integration loosens, and tension emerges. The family, one of the most important institutions influenced by this situation, differentiates and changes as the smallest and the most basic unit of the social relations with its functions, relation forms and economical activities. The changing social structure, the modernization process of the woman, which is the sign of the change, through the republic is also the process adaptation of family from traditional structure to modern one. While mentioning the changes in the family in his Ereğli study, which he has chosen model of social change and exemplified the transition from feudal structure to modern one, Kıray states that many fixed opinions in society also change along with the changing roles of family members depending upon the changes in the society. With this regard, our study aims to analyse socio-cultural problems between present and past through a sociological perspective from the rural extension of the family (families of the workers in Ilıca Sugar Factory) influenced by the fast change in our society.

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