This article examines the survival strategies of forestry workers and craftspeople in the late Ottoman Empire. Through the example of the Tahtacı, a semi-nomadic community specialized in lumbering in the forests along the western and southern coasts of Anatolia, it visualizes the adaptation strategies of forestry labourers in the changing economic and ecological environment of the Mediterranean Basin, which became warmer, less forested, and more integrated into regional and global markets after the mid-nineteenth century. Contrary to the generally accepted view that perceives the Tahtacı as a self-isolated, authentic clan with a static way of life, this article considers them a highly adaptive community that developed a wide range of strategies to earn their livelihood under intense commercialization in forestry and agriculture.

本文考察了奥斯曼帝国晚期林业工人和手工艺人的生存策略。通过 Tahtacı 的例子，一个专门在安纳托利亚西部和南部海岸的森林中伐木的半游牧社区，它形象化地展示了林业劳动者在地中海盆地不断变化的经济和生态环境中的适应策略，气候变暖，森林减少，并在 19 世纪中叶之后更加融入区域和全球市场。与将 Tahtacı 视为具有静态生活方式的自我孤立、真实氏族的普遍接受的观点相反，本文认为他们是一个高度适应性的社区，在林业和农业的高度商业化下，他们制定了广泛的谋生策略来谋生。农业。