Social Capital/Trust Relationships in Gypsies That Live in Malatya

This study which addresses the social capital/trust relationships of Gypsies focuses on relationships between Gypsies and non-Gypsies that can be an indicator of a social capital. Particularly, certain social capital indicators of Gypsies were highlighted such as; their trust levels for non- Gypsies, tendency to become business partners with non- Gypsies, neighborhood relationships with non- Gypsies, efforts to form organization/associations, ways of resolving problems occur between each other, frequency of going to the city center from the neighborhoods they live and strategies to deal with psychological problems/ depression. In the study, it was revealed that the levels of social capital between each other and also with others are low and the possibility of realization of social capital that serves a bridge is low