Social mobility and "skipping class" in Niğde

The subject of this study is social mobility in the most general sense. In particular, the social mobility of industrial workers in Niğde is discussed. The primary purpose of the study is to examine the social mobility practices of industrial workers in Niğde. Its secondary aim is to find out whether the industrial workers in Niğde see their current social and professional position as a means of "class jumping" to reach higher positions, whether they endure permanently or temporarily. The study is based on in-depth interviews with workers working in textile factories in Niğde province. This research consists of three parts. The first part is the conceptual and theoretical framework. In the sub-headings, the concept of social class and the working class, social mobility, social mobility studies, Turkey's social structure and classes, and "class-skipping" mechanisms in Turkey are mentioned. In the second part, the social structure of the province where the research was conducted was mentioned. In the third part, the findings of the research, the demographic information of the participants, the job application processes of the workers, the past professional dreams of the workers, the promotion status of the workers and their grade jumps, the importance of education according to the workers, the expectations and dreams of the workers about the future from both themselves and their children, the union and union relations of the workers. He talks about his views on the activities, the leisure activities of the workers and the food habits and musical tastes of the workers. As a result, in line with the findings examined, it has been seen that the workers do not have the opportunities and hopes for the upgrading mechanism and they do not have enough information about the mechanisms of this mobility. Workers interpret social mobility mostly through their children. Keywords: Worker, working class, social mobility, upgrading, Niğde