The (Re)production of the Industrial Labor Force in Early Republican Turkey: The Case of Sümerbank and Etibank
Abstract
One of the major problems of the statist industrialization policies in 1930s and 1940s in Turkey was both the quantitative and qualitative deficiencies in terms of industrial labor force. State-run enterprises of Sümerbank and Etibank, which were established in that period, did not only lead the drive for industrialization, but also for handling the labor force problems including high rates of worker rotation, lack of skilled workers, or the issue of peasant-workers, and initiated several programs and facilities which had crucial consequences as far as the formation of an industrial working class and the reproduction of industrial labor force were concerned. The article focuses on three of them -housing, nutrition and health programs- by examining the evaluations of the bureaucrats and factory managements as well as the experiences and reactions of the Etibank and Sümerbank workers.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Selin Dingiloğlu
İSTANBUL GELİŞİM ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye
Publication Date
May 25, 2018
Submission Date
August 10, 2017
Acceptance Date
August 21, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 5 Number: 1