TRADE UNIONISM IN TURKEY:SELF-UNDERSTANDING OF LABOR UNION TÜRK-

TRADE UNIONISM IN TURKEY: SELF-UNDERSTANDING OF THE
LABOR UNION TÜRK- AND ITS ROLE IN SOCIETY AND
POLITICS (1950-1982)

This book discusses the trade unionism and working
class movement in Turkey as well as the largest
labor union, Türk- , in relation to its involvement
in the political arena. It underlines the lack of
class identity among the workers. The main argument
of the book is that Türk- was not established by
the will and efforts of the workers. Another major
discussion point of the book is the non-partisanship
policy of Türk- . In the book, it has been argued
that Türk- participated quite actively in the
political sphere until the 1980 military
intervention. However, the limits of this
participation were widely drawn by the major
political parties of the country. This study defends
that there are problems stemming from the lack of
class consciousness among the Türk- workers, the
hierarchal structure of Türk- and the profit
oriented approaches of the political parties towards
Türk- .

Autorentext

Dr. Gözde Yirmibesoglu is an Assistant Professor at Akdeniz University in Turkey. She received her Ph.D. degree in Political Science and Public Administration in 2007. She worked as an Instructor at Middle East Technical University between 1994 and 2008. She studied at European Studies Institute in Strasbourg, France between 1986 and 1987.

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TRADE UNIONISM IN TURKEY: SELF-UNDERSTANDING OF THE LABOR UNION TÜRK-IS AND ITS ROLE IN SOCIETY AND POLITICS (1950-1982)This book discusses the trade unionism and working class movement in Turkey as well as the largest labor union, Türk-Is, in relation to its involvement in the political arena. It underlines the lack of class identity among the workers. The main argument of the book is that Türk-Is was not established by the will and efforts of the workers. Another major discussion point of the book is the non-partisanship policy of Türk-Is. In the book, it has been argued that Türk-Is participated quite actively in the political sphere until the 1980 military intervention. However, the limits of this participation were widely drawn by the major political parties of the country. This study defends that there are problems stemming from the lack of class consciousness among the Türk-Is workers, the hierarchal structure of Türk-Is and the profit oriented approaches of the political parties towards Türk-Is.