Intergenerational solidarity networks of instrumental and cultural transfers within migrant families in Turkey

Kalaycioglu S., Rittersberger-Tilic H. İ.

AGEING AND SOCIETY, vol.20, pp.523-542, 2000 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20
  • Publication Date: 2000
  • Doi Number: 10.1017/s0144686x99007916
  • Journal Name: AGEING AND SOCIETY
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.523-542
  • Keywords: intergenerational relations, family, migration, transfers, urban/rural
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Over the last fifty years, the pattern of family life in Turkey has been seriously affected by migration. Despite this, there remains a high degree of solidarity typified by transfers of income, material goods and cultural mores between and within family generations. This article is based on the life histories of fifteen migrant families living in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. In-depth interviews were used to collect information about at least three generations in each family. Information was collected about occupational, educational and migration histories, property ownership, care of dependents, and parent-child relations covering three generations.