Dilek Bulut Sarikaya’s compelling analysis of two major works of medieval Turkish literature is a welcome and stimulating contribution to the larger field of animal studies as well as to the powerfully emerging areas of Turkish ecocriticism and Turkish cultural studies. Investigating the roles of spirituality and religion in the construction and representation of the more-than-human world in The Book of Dede Korkut and Rumi’s The Masnavi, Sarikaya shows how these texts offer insights and understandings originating in Anatolia’s cultural heritage that can inform our current efforts to undo the damage caused by the anthropocentric thinking.