Socio-cultural history of a family that migrated from russia to Turkey

Research is focused on the socio-cultural history of a family that emigrated from Russia to Turkey. The purpose of this research is to put forth the socio-cultural history of the family with migration between Russia and Turkey. The theories of research are symbolic interactionalism and ethnomethodology based on the individual. The historical background of the research included historical, social and cultural information about periods when the family members in Russia and Turkey. In-depth interviews were conducted with the participation of five family members within field research. The data were analyzed by content analysis technique. Thanks to the findings, nine socio-cultural characteristics and four themes have been reached which provide detailed information about the sociocultural history of the family. According to the overall conclusion reached by research themes, family members consider the experience they have gained in the process of migration and the information they have already learned and adopt the values they think appropriate to places they are in. Individual definition, interpretation and interaction processes have been influential on behaviors and attitudes developed by family members towards different sociocultural structures. It has been seen that these behaviors and attitudes have influenced significantly family members' relationships with others, their fulfillment form of their roles, their experiences, briefly their lifes. Key words: Russia, Turkey, migration, family, family history, socio-cultural history