Working Class Formation in Turkey, 1946-1962

Barış Alp Özden is a visiting scholar at the Institute of Turkish Studies at Duisburg-Essen University. He earned his PhD in Turkish History from the Atatürk Institute at Boğaziçi University with a strong inter-disciplinary orientation. He additionally served as the chief editor of the monthly magazine Toplumsal Tarih (Social History) between 2018 and 2020.

List of Tables



Introduction



Chapter 1. Working Class and The City





Urbanization and the Housing Problem

Housing Policy for Workers

Construction of Working Class Housing as a Social and Moral Question

Housing Policy under DP Rule

Some Aspects of Everyday Life in Working Class Districts

The Meaning of Home for Workers

Conclusion



Chapter 2. Working-Class Leisure





Cinema

Football

The Coffeehouse

Concluding Remarks



Chapter 3. The Changing Organization of Production and Modes of Control, and The Workers’ Response: The Example of Turkey’s Textile Industry





Development of Turkey’s Textile Industry

The Labor Force

Organizing Production: Labor Discipline and Scientific Management in Mills

Mahmutpaşa Weavers: Working in Small-Scale Production

Scientific Management in Mensucat Santral and the Workers’ Response

Conclusion



Chapter 4. Law, Labor Process, and Working-Class Experience





Internal Regulations

Labor Inspections

Collective Labor Disputes and Conciliation/Arbitration Mechanisms

Conclusion



Chapter 5. Working-Class Language, Identity, and Politics





Language of Class: Transformation of a Concept

Working-Class Collective Action: Strikes

Institutions and Ideological Influences

Institutionalization of Trade Unions and Working-Class Politics

Conclusion



Conclusion



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