Abstract
Immigrations that started from rural areas of Turkey to urban areas in the 1950s continue to increase and there is an increase in immigration from urban areas to rural areas as well. The phenomenon of internal migration is discussed in many aspects, as it is the subject of different disciplines. In the discussions, basically, two main approaches come to the forefront that the depeasantry or peasantry will to be reconstructed according to current conditions. Some researchers are fixated on the idea that the peasantry will come to an end with the reasons such as the intensification of migration out of the village, reductions in agriculture and livestock activities, and increase in proletarianization. On the other hand, the increasingly migration from urban areas to rural areas, the solidarity patterns and the sharing of family labor unite the others in the idea of the sustainability of the peasantry. In this paper, the place of kinship ties in the peasantry, which has changed its shape as a social category today, will be discussed. In the article, publications related to the theoretical views and researches in the classical and current literature on internal migration from rural areas to urban areas and from urban areas to rural areas will be used.These fieldworks underline that the meanings for home, land and family in Turkish villages, where migration and consanguineous marriages are common. The aim of the paper is to contribute to the current discussions about the peasantry by giving priority to look closely at the social and cultural world of rural communities.