Especially in the social lives of countries, recreation is becoming more and more important in parallel with the degree of development, in various countries under the same name or entertainment arts, cultural activities, physical education, sports, dance, hunting, fishing, etc. is expressed by components of free time such as. Recreation has three important functions; rest or self-release, entertainment, selfimprovement. How is this important function called the evaluation of leisure time performed and what is it? The mentality and abilities developed during leisure time are not only valuable to the individual but also important in the society in which the individual is a part. Therefore, societies are closely related to “recreation activities yapılan in free time. In order to develop the concept of recreation in our country and to be able to catch up with the developed countries in terms of recreation, first of all, it is necessary to understand this concept by all the masses of the people, to teach scientific principles and methods of construction and to classify its types. In our country, there is a need for a recreation specialist who has been trained in scientific environments and can keep up with technological developments and has academic competence in fields related to the recreation sector.