A machine tool comprising: - a machine frame having a first carrier portion, a second carrier portion and a middle portion arranged between said first and second carrier portions, wherein said first carrier portion has a first tool carrier side, said second carrier portion has a second tool carrier side and said middle portion has a third tool carrier side, and wherein said first tool carrier side of said first carrier portion and said second tool carrier side of said second carrier portion are arranged on a same first side of said machine frame, and said third tool carrier side of said middle portion is arranged on a second side of said machine frame; - a first work spindle, which is arranged on said first carrier portion, for receiving a first workpiece; - a second work spindle, which faces said first work spindle and is arranged on said second carrier portion, for receiving a second workpiece, wherein the spindle axis of said second work spindle is parallel and coaxial to the spindle axis of said first work spindle; - a first tool carrier slide (51, 53) which is arranged on said first tool carrier side of said first carrier portion or on said second tool carrier side of said second carrier portion and on which a first tool carrier (61, 62) is arranged; and - a second tool carrier slide which is arranged on said third tool carrier side of said middle portion and on which a second tool carrier is arranged, wherein said second tool carrier slide can be moved in a first direction transverse or perpendicular to the spindle axes of said first and second work spindles (21, 22), wherein said second tool carrier is configured as a tool turret which is arranged between said first work spindle and said second work spindle and comprises a tool-carrying turret head mounted rotatably about a turret axis, and wherein the turret axis is transverse or perpendicular to the spindle axes of said first and second work spindles (21, 22); characterized in that said first tool carrier side of said first carrier portion and said second tool carrier side of said second carrier portion substantially span a first plane which is inclined with respect to a second plane and with respect to a third plane parallel to said second plane, wherein said second plane is substantially spanned by a first spindle carrier side of said first carrier portion, which supports said first work spindle, and a second spindle carrier side of said second carrier portion, which supports said second work spindle, and the third plane is substantially spanned by said third tool carrier side of said middle portion, which supports said third tool carrier side. - a machine frame having a first carrier portion, a second carrier portion and a middle portion arranged between said first and second carrier portions, wherein said first carrier portion has a first tool carrier side, said second carrier portion has a second tool carrier side and said middle portion has a third tool carrier side, and wherein said first tool carrier side of said first carrier portion and said second tool carrier side of said second carrier portion are arranged on a same first side of said machine frame, and said third tool carrier side of said middle portion is arranged on a second side of said machine frame; - a first work spindle, which is arranged on said first carrier portion, for receiving a first workpiece; - a second work spindle, which faces said first work spindle and is arranged on said second carrier portion, for receiving a second workpiece, wherein the spindle axis of said second work spindle is parallel and coaxial to the spindle axis of said first work spindle; - a first tool carrier slide (51, 53) which is arranged on said first tool carrier side of said first carrier portion or on said second tool carrier side of said second carrier portion and on which a first tool carrier (61, 62) is arranged; and - a second tool carrier slide which is arranged on said third tool carrier side of said middle portion and on which a second tool carrier is arranged, wherein said second tool carrier slide can be moved in a first direction transverse or perpendicular to the spindle axes of said first and second work spindles (21, 22), wherein said second tool carrier is configured as a tool turret which is arranged between said first work spindle and said second work spindle and comprises a tool-carrying turret head mounted rotatably about a turret axis, and wherein the turret axis is transverse or perpendicular to the spindle axes of said first and second work spindles (21, 22);