Identifying the Varying Forms of the Impact of ‘Pandemic Times’ on Youth in Turkey

Kaya N., Ural H., Can-Mollaer E., Uzbay Ülgen M.

5th ISA Conference of the Council of National Associations – Social Transformations and Sociology: Dispossessions and Empowerment, Nova Gorica, Slovenya, 21 - 24 Kasım 2022, ss.29

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Nova Gorica
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Slovenya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.29
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study aims at understanding the COVID-19 pandemic’s social impact on youth in Turkey, by paying a particular attention to the gendered and classed consequences. Drawing on a quantitative research conducted with 1,040 young people across Turkey between the ages of 18 and 30, we measure how and to what extent physical distance and restrictions on daily life have influenced individuals’ practices and relations. Such a research provided us an analytical insight into the social impact of pandemic in two ways. First, we analyse and identify the main patterns and factorial characteristics of the social impact concerning the caring responsibilities, leisure activities, social relations and personal well-being. Second, we examine in what ways these patterns are informed by socio-cultural and socio-economic characteristics. Therefore, our study sheds light on the vectors of pandemic generating varying forms of influence over young people’s social life in Turkey. From that vantage point, our study engages with and contributes to the sociological debates over the fissures and tensions of the ‘pandemic times’.