A cutting insert (100, 200) for turning comprising an insert body (101, 201), comprising an upper side (102, 202) defining an upper extension plane (U 1), a lower side defining a lower extension plane (L 1) being parallel with the upper extension plane (U 1), wherein a centre axis (Z 1) extends perpendicularly through the upper extension plane (U 1) and the lower extension plane (L 1), a clearance surface extending around the periphery of the insert body (101, 201) connecting the upper side (102, 202) and the lower side, an upper cutting edge (106, 206) formed between the clearance surface and the upper side (102, 202), said upper cutting edge extending around the upper side (102, 202) and forming at least a primary edge portion (112, 212) and a secondary edge portion (113, 213) connected by a nose edge portion (114, 214) such that the secondary edge portion (113, 213) is formed at an angle towards the primary edge portion (112, 212), a chip former (115, 215) formed on the upper side, said chip former comprising a nose bottom surface (116, 216) formed behind the nose edge portion (114, 214) along a bisector (Y 1, Y 2) between the primary edge portion (112, 212) and the secondary edge portion (113, 213), said nose bottom surface (116, 216) having a lowest point lower than the level of the nose edge portion (114, 214), a primary main bottom surface (117, 217) extending along the primary edge portion (112, 212), said primary main bottom surface (117, 217) having a lowest point lower than the level of the primary edge portion (112, 212), in that the chip former (115, 215) further comprises a continuous primary elevated bottom surface (118, 218) formed between the nose bottom surface (116, 216) and the primary main bottom surface (117, 217), said primary elevated bottom surface (118, 218) extending along the primary edge portion (112, 212), and said primary elevated bottom surface (118, 218) having a lowest point lower than the level of the primary edge portion (112, 212) but higher than the lowest point of each of the nose bottom surface (116, 216) and the primary main bottom surface (117, 217), characterised in that the primary elevated bottom surface extends from within a nose region in the form of a circular sector centred on the bisector (Y 1) and with the nose edge portion as its arc. an insert body (101, 201), comprising an upper side (102, 202) defining an upper extension plane (U 1), a lower side defining a lower extension plane (L 1) being parallel with the upper extension plane (U 1), wherein a centre axis (Z 1) extends perpendicularly through the upper extension plane (U 1) and the lower extension plane (L 1), a clearance surface extending around the periphery of the insert body (101, 201) connecting the upper side (102, 202) and the lower side, an upper cutting edge (106, 206) formed between the clearance surface and the upper side (102, 202), said upper cutting edge extending around the upper side (102, 202) and forming at least a primary edge portion (112, 212) and a secondary edge portion (113, 213) connected by a nose edge portion (114, 214) such that the secondary edge portion (113, 213) is formed at an angle towards the primary edge portion (112, 212), a chip former (115, 215) formed on the upper side, said chip former comprising a nose bottom surface (116, 216) formed behind the nose edge portion (114, 214) along a bisector (Y 1, Y 2) between the primary edge portion (112, 212) and the secondary edge portion (113, 213), said nose bottom surface (116, 216) having a lowest point lower than the level of the nose edge portion (114, 214), a primary main bottom surface (117, 217) extending along the primary edge portion (112, 212), said primary main bottom surface (117, 217) having a lowest point lower than the level of the primary edge portion (112, 212),