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The study aims to explore the relationship between the levels of work stress in the work environment and the levels of freedom perceived in the free time. The sample of the study consists of 165 (105 women and 60 men) public staff working in various public institutions in the province of Bartin in 2017-2018. Personal information forms (age, gender, civil status, state of participation in recreational activities), "Freedom Measure in Free Time" and "Business Stress Measure" have been used as data collection tools. In the analysis of the data, according to the demographic characteristics of the participants, for the purpose of studying the differences between freedom and work stress levels perceived in the free time, the T-Test, and the Pearson Correlation analysis for the purpose of studying the relationship between the variables were implemented. In the findings of the study, there was no significant difference in the total score average in the variables "gender" and "civern state" according to the t-Test result (p>0.05). Furthermore, the correlation test did not identify a meaningful relationship between the "age" variable and the score average for the measurements (p>0.05). There is no meaningful relationship between the SZAÖ and the ISO’s total score average but there is a meaningful relationship between the ISO and the “knowledge and skill” sub-dimensional score in the negative direction and the low level. The research finds that the level of knowledge and skills related to the participation of participants in recreational activities increases, the work stress will be reduced.

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