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Marriage Practices in Roma Communities

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  • Ömer Çaha

    (Department of Political Science and International Relations, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin, Turkey)

  • Oğuzhan Altınkoz

    (Department of Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey)

Abstract

Based on the data of a project supported by the TÜBİTAK (Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council) and conducted in 12 cities of Turkey, this study investigates marriage practices of Roma communities. The fieldwork of the study was based on survey, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. A total of 1568 households were surveyed, 120 in-depth interviews and 26 focus group discussions were carried out. In addition to 1568 households, data on 6645 people living in these households have been collected. In the research, issues such as marriage type, child bride, kin marriages, bride price and monogamy are analyzed. According to the findings of the research, marriage at an early age, endogamous marriages, and bride kidnapping are common sociological problems seen in all Roma communities living in different cities of Turkey. However, practices such as bride price and kin marriages are relatively more common among Roma in some provinces. Practices, attitudes and values related to marriage not only serve to sustain the Romani culture, but also lead them to live as a closed community within themselves. This process creates the fact that the Roma identity and culture reproduces its own dynamics and is kept alive by transferring it between generations.

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  • Ömer Çaha & Oğuzhan Altınkoz, 2021. "Marriage Practices in Roma Communities," Yildiz Social Science Review, Yildiz Technical University, vol. 7(1), pages 58-74.
    • Handle: RePEc:aye:journl:v:7:y:2021:i:1:p:58-74
    DOI: 10.51803/yssr.901953
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    Keywords

    Romani communities; marriage; gender; family; woman.Journal: Yildiz Social Science Review;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F00 - International Economics - - General - - - General
    • F30 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - General
    • G00 - Financial Economics - - General - - - General
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • K00 - Law and Economics - - General - - - General (including Data Sources and Description)
    • K20 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - General
    • M00 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - General - - - General
    • M20 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - General
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General

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