Cultural Reflection of Syriacism to the Family Life of Women: Midyat Exampl

Syrians today about Turkey with an estimated population of five million, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and live in Israel and India. They live mostly in the province of Mardin in Turkey and villages. Syriacs are defined as a people who live in Mesopotamia and speak the Aramian language and belong to the Christian religion. This definition stems from the Syriac identity based on a religious basis. Qualitative research method was used in the study of the reflection of Syriacism on women’s daily lives. During the
interviews held with 20 Syriac women through the semi-structured interview form, the family structure of the participants, their closeness to the Syriac culture, their way of raising their children, the reflections of the culture to daily life, their closeness to the cultures of their children, the position of women in the Syriac culture and its role in the continuity of the culture are emphasized. The aim of the study is to examine the position of the woman in the transfer of Assyrian culture, and what methods she used for cultural transfer in this position, how effective the structuring in the family is in the continuity of the culture and what is necessary for keeping the culture alive. In the interviews, it has been observed that women are carrying out a conscious cultural transfer process in order to ensure their continuity both in their own lives and in future generations by routine their daily actions and activities that they actually build and blend with their cultural values. This study is important not to limit daily life to all routine activities performed by the human being, which is a social entity, and to show that social relations are produced around the culture axis and continue to be produced in daily life.