This book explores the intricate relationship between humans and animals in the context of modern Turkish history. From drafted animals in war, to urban stray dogs and the role of cattle in the Kurdish conflict, the cases developed in this book show how animal lives are deeply entangled with human affairs, including complex social organisations such as families, states and nations. In doing so, the book exposes power dynamics, exploitative practices, and the discursive regimes that underpin development, nationalism, and urban growth.

This important book offers a timely exploration of human-animal relations, critically revising a number of concepts such as human rights, productivity, health and efficiency from a multispecies perspective.

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Sezai Ozan Zeybek is a human geographer and lecturer at the Center for Metropolitan Studies, Technical University of Berlin, Germany. Formerly in the Sociology Department at Istanbul Bilgi University, he has published five children's books and co-hosts two Turkish podcasts: one on food in cinema and another on ecological activism.