AN ESSAY OF DEATH SOCIOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF INSTUTITIONALIZED DEATH FROM COLLECTIVE CEREMONIES TO MUNICIPAL SERVICES TOPLU MERAS MLERDEN BELED YE H ZMETLER NE KURUMSALLA AN LüM BA LAMINDA B R LüM SOSYOLOJ S DENEMES

Beliefs, rituals, ceremonies and detections developed around the death have survived their existence up to present in different geographies and in different ways. Currently, significant changes have been observed in the ceremonies and rituals which are one of the important carriers and reflectors of the cultural structure. Based on this context, this paper has been fictionalized around the following three topics. First the remarkable study at the point of disappearance of cultural behaviors and rituals during and after the process of death” has done the sociological analysis of death institutionalized by modern life by correlating “the municipal funeral services” with the subject which is considered to have an effect at this disappearance. In addition, the culture of cemetery is also one of the topics taken in the study. Particularly, the study which claims that usage of grave stones, taking an important place in Turkish culture, take form according to modern life, has drawn attention the modern structure which is visualized by standardizating the cemeteries. From the aspect of a descriptive analysis, this study has analyzed missing cultural values before and after the death by reviewing the literature, has classified the institutionalized funeral services given by municipalities according to content analysis and finally has analyzed lost cemetery culture by contrasting the differences and changing themes with photography technique. The basic hypothesis of the study will be established on a claim that institutionalization coming with modern life brings isolation of communities from cultural structure and senseless culture institutionalized with regulations. lüm etraf nda geli en inan lar, ritüel, alg lama ve merasimler farkl co rafyalarda de i ik ekillerde günümüze kadar varl n devam ettirmi tir. Kültürel yap n n da nemli birer ta y c lar ve yans t c lar olan bu t ren ve ritüellerde, günümüzde belirgin de i imlerin oldu u g zlenmektedir. Haz rlanm olan bu al ma, temelde bu ü ba l k etraf nda kurgulanm t r. lk olarak “ lüm sürecinde ve sonras ndaki ritüellerin ve kültürel davran lar n kaybolu u” noktas na dikkat eken al ma, bu kaybolu ta etkisi oldu unu dü ündü ü modern hayat n kurumsalla t rd lümün sosyolojik zümlemesini yapm t r. Ayr ca ge mi ten günümüze olu mu mezarl k kültürü de ara t rmada son olarak ele al nm ba l klardan birisini olu turmu tur. zellikle Türk kültüründe nemli bir yer tutan mezar ta lar kullan m n n günümüzde modern hayata g re ekillendi ini iddia eden al ma, mezarl klar tek tiple tirerek g rse