Socio-political behavior of tribes in Şırnak: An institutionalist perspective

Social sciences, which studies the groups or communities formed by individuals coming together, try to understand the individual-society relationship. In the social sciences, it is often difficult to talk about a consensus. Because in social life, individuals, by their nature, have primarily subjective (subjective) judgments. On the other hand, it is a well-known fact that there are value judgments in the social sciences. In a study conducted in such an environment, in order to understand all aspects of the research and achieve useful results, the researcher should study the relationship between society and the individual, while maintaining as much impartiality as possible. Again, in these studies, in order to better explain what is social, the ability of some communities to "mobilize individual behavior" should be examined in all aspects. The tribes, which constitute a certain part of the population in Turkey, continue to maintain their importance today due to both the structural features they have and their capacity to mobilize individuals. The tribe, which has these characteristics, is also a social institution that is knitted by informal rules. In this regard, the tribe as a social institution should be studied more in the literature. The aim of this study is to learn the tribes in Şırnak based on the theoretical framework and the historical developments of the tribes and the socio-political behavior of these tribes as a social institution. For the purpose of the study, an area study covering the tribes in the region was conducted to determine how tribal informal rules channel individual behavior. At the end of the study, both the findings obtained from the participants and the inferences, predictions and expectations accompanied by the information in the literature were included. In addition, predictions and analyses about what the future status of the tribes will be are given with the institutional functions they have.