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Gender identities are acquired as a result of socialization and cultural processes. In this context, the counterpart of the identity of femininity and masculinity in the space is the distinction between private and public spaces. While women/femininity are identified with the private sphere, the space outside the private sphere is identified with men/masculinity. In the context of the gender-based division of labor, women have become the executors of domestic obligations. Although these obligations differ in terms of society, space and time, they are common in terms of being considered as 'women's work'. However these obligations, which are considered to be ‘women's work’, may change in terms of quantity and quality at times. For example, in times of extraordinary crisis, women's assets in unpaid labor and wage labor may be affected. This study aims to identify and analyze the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic process on women's domestic obligations. For this purpose, interviews have been conducted with 135 women, reached by the snowball technique, through a structured interview plan. Then, a qualitative analysis of the data obtained from the interviews was made. As a result, it has been observed that women's domestic obligations have increased during the Covid-19 pandemic as one of the extraordinary crisis periods.