DIVORCE AS A SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND IT’S CAUSES: FAMILY COURT EXAMINATIONS FROM KARABUK SAMPLE

Year 2019, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 48 - 55, 27.06.2019

Gülay Günay , Ali Fuat Ersoy Olcay Alas Özduran

Abstract

ABTRACT

Divorce is a complex process that can be viewed from different perspectives. It may unsettle couples economically, abuse mentally and affect their status in society. The negative impact of divorce on children reveals very complex problems. Thus, divorce causes social, psychological and economic destruction not only on divorced couples, both also all family members. Divorce emerges as an important social problem leading to disintegration of families raising healthy and happy individuals in future. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the reasons of the divorce. This research was conducted in Karabuk. The total 519 (2013:213; 2014:306) files of divorce suit resolved between 2013-2014 and brought for divorce were investigated in Karabuk courthouse in the 1st and the 2nd Court of First Instance entitled as “Family Court”. In the light of information obtained from these files, it was received that usually 0-4 years of married couples divorce rate (30.4%) is higher than the others and the couples married compromisingly are divorced at the rate of 54.7% and "severe incompatibility" exists in the first place with 43.5% among the causes of divorce. In addition, it was figured out that the results are not different according to 2013 and 2014. The results of this research have significant implications for policymakers’ educators and family counselors in their search of strategies for improving to strengthen the family.

Keywords

divorce, divorce reasons

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