ABSTRACT

Zonguldak Basin constitutes one of the most special area for the history of Turkish working class because of the coal mining activities which conducted from the second half of the 19th century. The emergence of working class movement in Basin started in the single party-period -if one exception is excluded-. In the planned period comprehensive and meritable strikes were carried out in terms of class politics. On the other hand, we can say that 1990-1991 Great Miner Strike is the most important working class movement which marked the history of the Basin and the country too. The aim of this study is to examine the stated strike from an economic, social and political context. The study also includes a brief summary of the working class movement in the Basin before the 1990-1991 strike