Abstract:

In this study, the leisure culture in Eskişehir Odunpazari Houses (Odunpazarı Evleri) is handled in the sociological perspective. The subject is examined within the leisure places open to public in Odunpazari Houses. The tea houses, cafes, coffeehouses, nargile houses (hubbly-bubbly or hookah houses), non-govermental organizes, mosques etc. were identified as the leisure time places striking in the Odunpazarı Houses. The purpose of this study is to understand how people evaluate and spend their leisure times in summers and winters, nights and daytimes, and the Ramadan month and the other months in the Odunpazari Houses. The work was conducted with participant observation and interview techniques.

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