Marriage Practices in Roma Communities

Ömer Çaha and Oğuzhan Altınkoz
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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

Yildiz Social Science Review, 2021, vol. 7, issue 1, 58-74

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.

Keywords: Romani communities; marriage; gender; family; woman.Journal: Yildiz Social Science Review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F00 F30 G00 G10 K00 K20 M00 M20 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.51803/yssr.901953

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