Author(s)

Ahmet Kosar¹, Aytul Kasapoglu²

¹Institute of Social Sciences, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
²Department of Sociology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.

The measures taken immediately after the declaration of Covid-19 as a Pandemic, especially the elderly, those with chronic diseases, women, children and the disabled were most affected. The primary aim of this article is to reveal the difficulties and uncertainties experienced by retirees over the age of 65, and the tactics and strategies of coping with them in daily life, with a relational and reflexive sociological perspective during the 2020-2021 Pandemic process. In accordance with the mixed design principles in the research, both in-depth interviews (qualitative research) and questionnaires (quantitative research) were conducted with participants over the age of 65 who are members of the Ankara Branch of the Turkey Retirees Association. In accordance with the grounded theory methodology applied in the qualitative part of the research, after the social, economic and psychological problems of the elderly were revealed in detail with open and axial coding, the core concept of solidarity was reached. Finally, the life story of the retirees was written using the tree metaphor. Findings supported by quantitative data are discussed with the relational sociological literature on the basis of uncertainty and differences, and how the elderly people hold on to life with the strategies and tactics they apply is revealed.

Relational Sociology, Mixed Design, Grounded Theory, Everyday Life, Retirees, Solidarity, Covid-19 Pandemic

Kosar, A. and Kasapoglu, A. (2021) Sociology of Everyday Life with Uncertainty and Differences during the Covid-19 Pandemic Process: The Case of Turkey Retirees Association. Advances in Applied Sociology, 11, 747-772. doi: 10.4236/aasoci.2021.1112061.