By the end of the course the students will;

- have a general knowledge on Ottoman labor in the late Ottoman Empire (19th and early 20th century),

- be able to identify the affects of the changing economic and political factors on production and working life,

- be familiar with profiles of Ottoman labors, production patterns, characteristics of working life, and ethnic and gender division in the Ottoman Empire,

- have a general knowledge on the formation of Ottoman working class, labor organizations and labor protests,

- have a general understanding of state and employers’ policies concerning labor and work in the Ottoman Empire.