Turkish Covid-19 Values Study (TCVS)

The Principal Investigator of the project TCVS, Dr. Ceylan Engin conducts this survey-based research to investigate how Turkey’s demographic and social fabric have been changing over the time of the pandemic. More specifically, the project explores Turkish individuals’ value change in the major areas of fertility and family, gender, institutional trust and vaccination. In the long run, the research agenda of SDL includes establishing a cross-sectional database based on an optimally designed survey for Turkish context.

International cooperation and research are a strong part of this project. TCVS makes it possible to conduct cross-national comparisons with Europe for various modules, contributing to the newly emerging international literature. Overall, this project will contribute to explaining new problems that are faced in society, by studying population processes and value change in the Turkish context.

The project also augments the exposure of our students to quantitative sociological research. Interested students are able to access the novel data for personal research intents, including the possibility of thesis writing for our MA students.