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We are looking for long term volunteers, preferably couples, as well as short term volunteers who would like to share our life and help us with ongoing works and daily activities.
Also we prefer non-smokers.
We live in yurts and we are building an ecological house using stones, clay ,straws and wood in a beautiful olive garden. We also have another garden higher in the mountains with nice weather in summer time and many fruit trees.
We have a 2 farm one of farm is located in the Ovacık national park in the west part of the mountains of Karlık near Izmir. The area is in the middle of nature with only a few people living here and there. Izmir airport is only 60 minutes from here, Bayındır is the next bigger village and 12 km far away, the next small village is 3 km from here. Our one of land is in middle of a unique ecosystem and a very rich flora and fauna. 900 years old chestnut trees, 500 years old oak trees and 50 years old cherry trees are situated here, where we are living. Cherries, walnuts, apples, pears, grapes, different kinds of plums and many more fruits are at the land. Other land that we are Livingston now is olive garden in the Middle of the forest close to Sarıyurt village..
Fruits and veggies are produced and processed here for own uses and some for barter or sharing. Lavender and other herbs are picked as well. A flower garden feeds our honey bees. Besides of all this there are many beautiful walking paths to discover, planting trees and live the rural live.
Who are we? Veysi is a farmer, bee keeper,carpenter and internal design architect and the guy who builts everything. Türkan is the farmer, chemist and woman behind that all and loves saving and sharing seeds, cooking and organizing. Yaz is the smallest farmer who born august 2023. She is the lover of animals
All GSM coverage available in the farm area. WI-FI connection available for everyone.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
volunteers can learn traditions of villagers; how they produce and grows their foods, process and cooking, eatable local wild plants and mushrooms, medicinal herbs, how build their houses,yourtes many years of experience about farming and village life, however they are living...
Help
VOLUNTEER WORKS:
JAN: Picking woods, chestnut harvest, olive harvest FEB: Olive harvest, working eco house, yurt MAR: seedings, Wood works, working eco house, yurt, gardening works, prunningAPR: Pruning, sowing seeds, preparing seedlings,grafting, garden works,working eco house, yurt MAY: Garden works,working eco house, yurt JUN: Cherry harvest, garden works, food processing,working eco house, yurt JUL: Garden works,working eco house, yurt AUG: Apple harvest, food processing, preparing saplings, garden works,working eco house, yurt SEP: Garden works, processing food, walnut harvest,working eco house, yurt OCT: Chestnut harvest, working eco house, yurt NOV: Chestnut harvest, planting trees, working eco house, yurt DEC: Olive harvest, chestnut harvest
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Turkish: Fluent
Accommodation
We have built 3yurtes ( mongolian tents) from 12- 40 m2 in our ateliers and are using those for sleeping, kitchen, hamam/bathroom or workshop also Ece house from the stones and wood.We are building all our furnitures and yurtes and everything out of local materials from the woods nearby or local. We are trying to produce our own food, and buying things that we couldn't produce. We would love to share our kitchen with you.
What else ...
You can go trekking, watch the whole valley from the top of mountain, we have plenty of time for reading, we can also watch movies, transport is difficult around here, you might need to hitchhike...
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Kind and caring people to be with. My stay here was certainly a great cultural exchange. Firstly, we got to eat a lot of amazing Turkish food, and learn new recipes. Through conversation we could talk a lot about different cultures, history, our… read more
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Kind and caring people to be with. My stay here was certainly a great cultural exchange. Firstly, we got to eat a lot of amazing Turkish food, and learn new recipes. Through conversation we could talk a lot about different cultures, history, our… read more
Thank you, good people.
We worked very hard but it felt good to be working toward's Veysi's beautiful and ambitious vision for his house. Turkan made the most delicious food that kept us… read more
Life at the farm is plentiful. We were there during spring time and ate as many cherries, mulberries and plums our stomachs could possibly handle. There were a lot of interesting projects to work on and… read more
if you want to relax and live with a lovely and happy couple, this place is good for you
I've been there for 12 days,far from Crowded city، place with organic life, delicious food, 100 chicken and dog & cat
wish peace and love to veysi and torkan
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During my stay I slept in one of the yurts, a very confortable way to sleep under the stars.
At the farms they… read more
Also they are… read more
We had a beautiful and verry nice time with türkan and veysi and aikut, mars, and cat mzzzz. The liefe in a yurt was for us a verry nice experienc. we loved to help in the garden, learn from you bouth and pick olives. The place were the live is so beautiful. building the house was funny and we learnd a lot. the warm chai un the yurt,… read more
During sunny days, we harvested olive, collected wood in the forest, worked on the house construction, cooked good food, and listened to turkish music. Very good breath in… read more
Thanks you for sharing your life and your beautiful garden with us. We are deeply touched by you and your way of living. In the month we spend together we were not only able to embrace the beauty of the mountains and get away from the roaring streets but also learn more about an holistic and sustainable approach to life.… read more
The land that they call home is not only beautiful but rich with nature’s bounty! It’s location in the mountains makes it a truly… read more
