Balance between work and family life: Middle class working mothers in Turkey

Volume: 8 Number: 1 June 1, 2016
  • İdil Safiye Soyseçkin
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Balance between work and family life: Middle class working mothers in Turkey

Abstract

This article analyzes strategies developed by middle class mothers to establish balance between their work and care responsiblities in Turkey where no extensive public services are available and childcare is socially and culturally constructed as women’s sole duty with a limited male involvement. The fieldwork of the study is based on accounts of in-depth interviews conducted with nineteen working middle class mothers in the capital city of Turkey, Ankara. Gender inequality results in experiencing work and family conflict heavily. Middle class women’s care responsibilities come into conflict with their work and their strategies mostly depends on profession, working place, colleagues, and employer/manager

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June 1, 2016

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Year 2016 Volume: 8 Number: 1

APA
Soyseçkin, İ. S. (2016). Balance between work and family life: Middle class working mothers in Turkey. Fe Dergi, 8(1), 130-143. https://doi.org/10.1501/Fe0001_0000000157
AMA
1.Soyseçkin İS. Balance between work and family life: Middle class working mothers in Turkey. Fe Dergi. 2016;8(1):130-143. doi:10.1501/Fe0001_0000000157
Chicago
Soyseçkin, İdil Safiye. 2016. “Balance Between Work and Family Life: Middle Class Working Mothers in Turkey”. Fe Dergi 8 (1): 130-43. https://doi.org/10.1501/Fe0001_0000000157.
EndNote
Soyseçkin İS (June 1, 2016) Balance between work and family life: Middle class working mothers in Turkey. Fe Dergi 8 1 130–143.
IEEE
[1]İ. S. Soyseçkin, “Balance between work and family life: Middle class working mothers in Turkey”, Fe Dergi, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 130–143, June 2016, doi: 10.1501/Fe0001_0000000157.
ISNAD
Soyseçkin, İdil Safiye. “Balance Between Work and Family Life: Middle Class Working Mothers in Turkey”. Fe Dergi 8/1 (June 1, 2016): 130-143. https://doi.org/10.1501/Fe0001_0000000157.
JAMA
1.Soyseçkin İS. Balance between work and family life: Middle class working mothers in Turkey. Fe Dergi. 2016;8:130–143.
MLA
Soyseçkin, İdil Safiye. “Balance Between Work and Family Life: Middle Class Working Mothers in Turkey”. Fe Dergi, vol. 8, no. 1, June 2016, pp. 130-43, doi:10.1501/Fe0001_0000000157.
Vancouver
1.İdil Safiye Soyseçkin. Balance between work and family life: Middle class working mothers in Turkey. Fe Dergi. 2016 Jun. 1;8(1):130-43. doi:10.1501/Fe0001_0000000157

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