Working in the Field with Sensitive Groups: Meeting Experiences with the Mothers of the Martyrs

In this study, I aim to show how to conduct field research with sensitive groups as a female researcher in the light of the problems I encountered during the field study and the experiences I gained during and after my research. For this purpose, I gathered and analyzed my experiences with “Marty mothers” that I interviewed for my master thesis research under different headings. As a result of this analysis, I tried to prove that being
inclusive and externality is not fixed positions, it can change constantly depending on the process of the research, how power relations are established between the researcher and the researched as a female researcher in male intensive environments, and establishing a trust relationship between the researcher and the researched is the most important factor for field research and in the emotionally intense conversations, I showed what the researcher had to do to reposition himself.