The concept of family has begun to transform with the acceleration of social changes. The meaning that individuals and societies attach to the concept of family has changed over the years. This situation led to an increase in divorce and remarriage tendencies according to field researches. Remarriage processes often occur as a result of the loss of a spouse and the termination of marriage contracts. As a matter of fact, the remarriage process may bring along some psychological, social, economic, interpersonal, familial, environmental and social problems. Disciplines such as sociology, psychology and social work carry out theoretical and factual studies on remarriage. This review was conducted to assess the psychosocial context of remarriage phenomenon in Turkey. In this research, it was conducted to evaluate remarriage cases in Turkey in the context of gender, reason of being single and psychosocial variables, also previous studies and published statistics on the subject were descriptively analyzed and examined. The quantitative data used in the study published by the Turkey Statistical Institute 'Comparative marriage by marital status' and 'divorce' has been compiled from statistics. In the light of the data examined within the scope of the study, it was observed that among individuals whose marriage was terminated due to the death of one of the spouses, the number of remarried individuals was lower than those who were divorced. It has been stated that the rate of remarriage increase in women between 2001-2019 was 84% and this rate was 72% for men. The rate of remarriage increases over the years for men and women who are single due to the death of one of their spouses or divorce. It was observed that the rate of remarriage for men and women increased by 44% between 2001-2019. In the light of the data obtained from the study, it has been determined that the tendencies towards remarriage have changed with the transformation of the family institution. It has been revealed that the phenomenon of remarriage has positive and/or negative psychosocial effects on individuals and varies depending on gender.
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