A rapid process of urbanization Turkey has undergone since the 1950s. The inadequacy of rural areas (i.e. lack of facilities in the fields of employment, healthcare, education, etc.) and the attractiveness of cities (i.e. the abundance of the aforementioned facilities) both play the leading role in this case. People who were dragged into cities by a population movement from rural areas to urban areas had to face with several difficulties such as housing, finding employment, adapting to urban environments and maintaining their lives in cities. The immigrants acted with solidarity to be able to cope with such difficulties. At this point, associations of fellow-countrymen are the devices that were helpful for the immigrants to adapt to cities, which is defined as 'buffer mechanism' by Kiray. The main focus of this study is the associations of fellow-countrymen which, in cities, have come into being as a solidarity pattern. Such associations where the primary relationships are given prior importance are remarkable in that individuals could have a chance to keep their own regional cultures alive there. This aspect of fellow-countrymen associations, in addition to their contribution to accelerating the level of urbanization, can also be influential on the retardation of the process in which the immigrants try to become integrated with the new individuals. Herein, the study aims to deal with the role of the associations of fcifow-countrymen in Tokat in the process of urbanization. The study is of the quantitative quality. The research has been performed with a total of 208 association managers with whom we got in contact through the data acquired from the Department of Associations of the Ministry of Interior and Department of Associations in Tokat. Frequency tables and chi-square tests were applied to analyze the data. The findings of the research show that a considerable majority of the association members are those who have been living in the city for a very long time. The members are generally middle-aged or above. It is observed that the previous fellow-countrymen have a major effect on the affiliation of the members to the associations. The primary factor that tempts people to be the members of the associations is the fact that such associations give them the chance to come together and keep their regional culture alive. The members frequently come together in parallel with this idea and they go to their own countries particularly to visit their relatives. It is seen that they do not visit their country very often. Any person who feels 'Tokatlı' (originally from Tokat) is usually defined as Tokatlı by the association members and many of the members regard themselves as Tokatlı. There exists a significant relation between the educational backgrounds of the members and their participation in the associational activities. A significant relation will obvious when the relations among the duration of members' stay the frequency of the visits to their own countries to be together with their relatives and seeing themselves as Tokatlı are all examined. The frequency of the visits to their own countries and to the places where they were born point to yet another significant relation. However, there exists no statistically significant relation in the participation of the associational activities, sexes and monthly incomes.