Perception of honor of university students: example of Munzur University, department of sociology, undergraduate students

The concept of honor, which is rooted in the word "nomos", has the basic meaning of "social rules created by people". However, over time, the concept has gained different meanings by getting rid of its first and basic meaning. Historical changes and transformations are also involved in social life, and the phenomenon of honor is over time; it has become a violent phenomenon that causes inter-gender discrimination. In the continuation of this quality of the phenomenon, the crimes committed on the grounds of honor have increased day by day and continue to show. Even in the new era, when the transition from traditional society structure to a modern society structure makes itself felt in almost every aspect of life, women; they are subjected to violence on the grounds that they violate the norms of a social nature that are considered honor. Although it is corresponding in different terms in different parts of the world, the phenomenon of "honor" is all over the world; it is a threat to women's life. Although there is a situation of the fainting of gender roles with modernity, women's life is still; it is seen as an area that should be inspected and restricted "when necessary". These elements are the main reasons for selecting the phenomenon of "honor" as the research subject of the thesis. The fact that the research subject is a problem in the present and is in a position to require an urgent solution; this is one of the most important problems of the thesis. Accordingly, in this research, the perceptions of honor of university students are investigated and the factors that are effective in their perceptions are examined. In order to reveal the perceptions of university students regarding the phenomenon of honor examined in the context of gender, the "Qualitative Research Interview Form" created by the researcher was used as a data collection tool in this research carried out in line with literature review and qualitative method. The sample of the research is made up of Munzur University, department of sociology, undergraduate students. In total, 21 students had semi-structured in-depth interviews. The sample group was created with snowball sampling technique. The data obtained as a result of the field research were analyzed manually. "Content analysis" path was used in the analysis of the data. In this study, various data about students' perceptions of honor were obtained. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the perceptions of honor of university students vary according to various factors and that the perceptions of honor of the students are generally egalitarian. It is the conclusion that the majority of the participants, nearly all of whom live in the East and Southeast, did not witness the ritual killings committed on the grounds of honor and honor, and that "customs" did not apply to the families of nearly all of them. This result is in contrast to general social acceptances on the subject. Keywords: Honor, sense of honor, women, social norms, violence