Looking at the Turkish Working Class Mahmut Üstün This article tries to reveal the formation of the turkish working class movement with a specific emphasis on its “peculiar aspects”. It sheds light on the history and social sources of the vulnerabilities emerged during the working class formation. But despite these vulnerabilities, and more prominently it is argued that turkish working class has realized, in a considerably short period, some accelerated progress in terms of collective action and organization, which can not be underestimated.