This article explores the so far little explored animal dimension of the significant social, economic, and ecological transformations that occurred in Western Anatolia in the late Ottoman Empire. It focuses on how the use of the hybrid, one-humped “Turcoman” camel transformed the way in which trade and transport operated in the region. In light of Ottoman, Turkish, and European sources, it suggests that the camel was a visible yet often underestimated actor in the incorporation of Western Anatolia into global markets and integrating the camel as important history-shaping actor into the historical narrative allows us to better grasp the complex relationships that existed between humans, nature, and technology and to change the way we think about the Ottoman Empire.

本文探讨了迄今为止奥斯曼帝国晚期在安纳托利亚西部发生的重大社会，经济和生态转变的探索动物维度。它着眼于如何使用混合的，单峰的“土库曼”骆驼来改变该地区贸易和运输的方式。根据奥斯曼帝国，土耳其和欧洲的消息来源，这表明在将西安纳托利亚纳入全球市场并将骆驼作为重要的塑造历史角色纳入历史叙事中时，骆驼是一个可见但常常被低估的参与者。掌握人类，自然与技术之间存在的复杂关系，并改变我们对奥斯曼帝国的思考方式。