CULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE CASE OF LEISURE, THE GYPSY ORIGIN "GYPSY/ POSHAS, "A RESEARCH ON FOR ÇANKIRI EXAMPLE ABSTRACT

Abstract

Poshas are collectively live in the neighborhood of Ali Bey street which oldest settlement of city and at the top section of Çankırı which has a shape like a dish. Education levels are generally low level. Community's main occupation and source of income is trade area. Most of the shops in the gypsy called guilds center belongs to Poshas. While some of the citizens that don't have shops make poultry, others sell dowry, rugs and carpets as peddlers. Other groups who made bundles and sieve, now want to leave this job. In the case study, It has focused on leisure and cultural identity case and qualitative research was conducted for citizens who gypsy origin "Cinganor a Poshacalled". A total of 29 people were interviewed during the survey, including 17 men and 12 women. interview technique method to each of the participants were asked 11 questions. In line with the answers given to questions, for reasons such as financial difficulties it was found to be much Poshas in social life and leisure acitivities compared to other citizens. It has been demonstrated that Poshas tradition ally activity in their leisure time that consists of visiting relative sand wedding.