Family, which begins with the individual’s birth and remains effective until the end of their life, shapes and directs the social development and behavior of the individual in cultural, economic and social aspects as well as physiological. The family, which has many functions, includes features such as the socialization of those growing up, the sustainment of love, economic security, and population, and fulfillment of biological and psychological satisfaction functions. Additionally, the family passes on from generation to generation the material and moral values created in society from past to present. Family is one of the most prominent social institutions through which the effects and results of the changes and transformations occurring in countries and around the world are clearly observed. Our world is rapidly changing and developing. Family, is one of the institutions sociologically most affected by this development, evolution and change. Industrialization, and the modernization movement that it brought on affected the society in various ways, causing social problems. Based on this fact, this article analyzes the problems of the Turkish family structure from a sociological perspective.