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Hello travelers!
My name is Kenan, and I warmly welcome you to our farm in Doruklu Village, a quiet and beautiful spot nestled in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains, just 20 km away from Mersin city center on Turkey’s Mediterranean side. After living and studying Mechanical Engineering in Poland for over 6 years, I decided to settled on this beautiful little farm with the dream of creating a life that’s both grounded and welcoming in Mersin, Turkey and start something that felt more connected to nature, simplicity, and community. That’s how kenan'sfarm was born in 2013, on a 20,000 m² piece of land that has slowly turned into a home, a project, and a lifestyle.
So far, we’ve hosted countless number of volunteers from all over the world—we share . Whether it’s sharing a cup of Turkish tea, preparing turkish food "mantı" together and selling them in the kitchen shop in city center, or feeding the animals, cleaning around and help everything about the farm. As our volunteer you will have a private or shared room in a clean and well structured place plus, we cook and eat together.
Today, the farm is home to 150 cows, 150 sheep, and one very loyal dog named Frank. We grow trees like almond, olive, and walnut, and every day here is a mix of hard work, peace, good food, shared laughs and fun. Also, we would be happy if you have social media skills as well. You can collaborate as you wish. How and what your skills can collaborate to us -- we are open to it.
work hard, play harder — with mutual kindness and shared effort, everything grows beautifully!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Interests
Van life
Sustainability
Culture
Languages
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Animals
Mountain
Nature
Camping
Adventure sports
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Here you will have the opportunity to meet local people from the neighborhood and learning their type of living. You will experience the Turkish Mediterranean atmosphere through great cultural exchanges, nice food and having chilled out moments.
Help
We need loads of positive and friendly energy to make this farm working well again! This energy can be used in many things and you will be free to express yourself in whatever you feel well.
We dont have a schedule for us, since at the moment we are making as much as we can to get the farm running. Plus, we dont expect from you to do the same amount of work as we do, but the average of 5 hours a day. (25h week)
Daily farm life routine & others:
• Feeding cows, sheep, chickens, and dogs
• Milking cows or supporting our people with animal care
• Collecting eggs
• Watering and maintaining trees
• Collecting stones and helping build dry stone walls
• Gardening and basic planting
• Cleaning animal areas
• Helping Kenan’s mother prepare food and learn about traditional Turkish cuisine
• Creating social media posts, stories, reels or whatever you can and you want to do!
You are also welcome to share your own skills and passions — whether it’s cooking, building, painting, social media posting or simply creating good energy. Hard work is always rewarded with great food, meaningful connections, and fun city nights!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Polish: Fluent
Turkish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
There is place for tent, camper van. I have also one private room with double bed and bathroom and I can provide more accommodation if needed.
We eat our own products (eggs, milk, cheese, yoghurt, butter) and buy the food needed that we like to cook together.
What else ...
We are 20km away from Mersin city center, in the Taurus mountain. From here, you can go to the city or the sea coast by bike, bus or car and chill out on beaches, discover some historic sites as Solin or natural sites like caves and waterfalls. and we can have some social nights in farm and in the city center. V.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have super Wi-Fi connections so digital nomads will be welcomed.
Space for parking camper vans
Feel free to park your van in the farm.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (27)
The farm is such quiet, resting place, I collected rocks, shit, clean up, help the syrien familly to milk and give… read more
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The farm is such quiet, resting place, I collected rocks, shit, clean up, help the syrien familly to milk and give… read more
The first night I arrived, Kenan picked me up from the bus station and brought me directly for dinner to meet his friends and family to get a feel for Mersin culture. He made me feel comfortable and listened to my needs from the get-go. You are always well fed, the coworkers on the… read more
On that time there were many kind of cows in the farm. The main task was to prepare foods and to help… read more
Kenan was so welcoming, accommodating and made us feel like family. He… read more
Kenan is really welcoming and he is a funny guy, he directly made me feel like home in his farm. All of his workers are also very nice and you can have a real cultural exchange with them, even if they don't speak English
I stayed 2 weeks there but I wish I would have stay… read more
She was really positive,easygoing,honest,clean,hardworking.she can suit every group,she has amazing communication skills,trustfull ,animal lover,never complains,she respects people life style and society forms.it was a honour to host that sister.hosts should invite her for sure
She made happy kids animals,customers,workers.she gave her energy to us,she worked like a her own farm ,never complanied.she noted… read more
Kenan is an amazing host who honestly just needs some company. He is alone on a MASSIVE farm and as he cannot escape, he wants the world to escape to him.
There is so much to do to keep you busy or you're actually free to do nothing at all but be around for Kenan to have someone to talk… read more
to say it straight i felt like family at the farm.
this being said, the place itself is beautiful, with amazing nature, a cute little village nearby, the cows are so pretty and well taken care of and above all else you will meet the most… read more
We have lots of fun with her.
Thank her for great friendship and hardwork.
Always smiles and kind.
Hope to see you in future, glad to meet you and love you !
Kisses and thank you again!
We loved it so much that we decided to come back one month after we left the farm.
Do not expect something organised and boring. Here is the residency of the true spirit of life. Always changing, always unexpecting.
You will have so many different things to do with the… read more
If I need to explain these friends it is going to cover whole best words:)
Thank you for your help
Thank you for your friendship
See you girls, we have already miss you
Ps: Hadi ozaman ne duruyorsun:))
