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DINBILIMLERI AKADEMIK ARASTIRMA DERGISI-JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN RELIGIOUS SCIENCES, vol.15, no.2, pp.8-48, 2015 (ESCI)
This paper consists of a study which can be called introductory essay on the leisure life in the Eskisehir case. In the study handled in the perspective of the sociology of leisure time, the subject is limited with the leisure places located in the center of Eskisehir and the aspect of leisure culture of Eskisehir people. The tea houses, cafes, coffeehouses and nargile houses (hubbly-bubbly or hookah houses), casinos, parks, picnic areas, libraries, museums, non-governmental organizations, mosques, sports venues, some streets etc. were identified as the leisure time places striking in Eskisehir. The purpose of this study is to make an entrance work on the basis of understanding how people evaluate and spend their leisure time at Ramadan nights in the Odunpazari Houses. The study was conducted with participant observation and interview techniques.