Determination of Value Judgments of Beggars

Abstract

We meet beggars in many streets when we go out. Begging is one of the unchangeable features
of social life. The aim of this study is to search why beggars who are regarded as a social problem
beg. The case study method which is one of the qualitative research methods was used in the
research. This study was made with 10 participants in Selçuklu district of Konya city in 2016-
2017. In the study, the data were obtained by semi-structured interview technique and descriptive
analysis approach was used in the analysis of collected qualitative data. It has been tried to
identify who the beggars are and why they are being done, how they are conducted, and in what
context they are most likely to be. The research shown that they have fooled people and have
observed that they are habitual in their language although participants say they are willing to be
sick and victimized. Since begging is seen as an easy way to earn money, most participants have
stated that they do not consider dealing with another job. It has been observed that people are
usually located in streets and streets where people are concentrated, in front of mosques, in
markets etc.