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Bases of the Research: The Workers of the Balya-Karaaydın Mining Company according to the Prime Minister’s Office Ottoman Archives. Purpose of the Research: To expose position of the workers of the Balya-Karaaydın Mining Company and to point out their place in the labour history Resources of Data: The documents in the Prime Minister’s Office Ottoman Archives. Main Discussion: under what conditions did work in the mine ? What kind of dangers did they face while working ? What were reasons of the strikes they staged. Conclusions: The mineworkers consisted of muslims and non-muslims from around the mine area, Anatolia and Europe. Working conditions of the workers were extremely bad. Most of the working accidents happened because of workers’ recklessness. The workers couldn’t get compensation after accidents or got paid a little amount. The workers who claimed better working conditions and price increase staged two strikes. They couldn’t get what they want in both strikes. But they made important development in claiming justice

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