Özet:

In developed countries, the importance and meaning of the family is changing, single-parent children living with a divorced mother or father and unmarried children are increasing on a daily basis. In these societies, the direction of sociality of the state is often excessive, and many responsibilities regarding the care and raising of children growing out of the family institution are fulfilled by the state. Despite this protective mechanism, the need for a family institution for a healthy society is also clear. In countries that do not have a social state mechanism or do not work well, the importance of the family institution is even greater. Because in these societies, the family sees the role of social protection, it is the primary social security roof of society. In Turkey, the family institution is dividing from day to day, the number of married people is decreasing, the number of people living without divorce and family establishment is increasing. The cost of luxury marriage and housing, which is often determined by the customary consumption habits imposed by the existing order, the disputes arising from these costs, the excessive charge of the costs on the one hand can either lead to the avoidance of marriage or the end of the newly established houses. In this study, a scale was developed with the help of literature to measure how marriage expenses affect individuals, the state and social qualifying institutions support the basic and necessary marriage and marriage expenses and whether they will contribute to the solution of problems. The survey containing this scale, the data applied and obtained in the field has been analyzed. After all, it has been found that marriage and marriage expenses are a significant material obstacle in the way to establish a new family, the weight of these expenses is often on the male side, and that this obstacle can be relieved with the aid that the government and social organizations will make to the basic and necessary marriage and marriage expenses.