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Personal info: My name is Tolun. I am an environmentalist doing his best to protect nature, a vegetarian who sometimes goes on a fruitarian diet, consisting of eating only fruits and nuts from the trees. I have an economical lifestyle as I am trying to save natural resources. I recycle almost everything. I was born in Istanbul and grew up in Ankara, studied languages and archaeology at the university of Ankara, have been working as a tour guide and conducted tours. I have traveled extensively with American, European, Canadian, Japanese tour groups speaking their own languages. I would like to improve my Chinese, Russian and German. I share my time between Istanbul, Çanakkale, Izmir and Cappadocia. I spend most of my time by farming works, gardening, performing archaeology tours and working on the restoration of my houses in Cappadocia, Çanakkale and Izmir. My Cappadocian cave house is very old. It consists of both caves and regular rooms. I am transforming it into a better place to stay for my guests. More rooms are waiting to be added to my lodge. So workawayers with masonry skills would be helpful. I also have a project of reforesting the valleys down below the village. Especially reforestation on the walking path between Uchisar and Goreme is my goal. New trees must be planted as a shelter for the wildlife and to keep the trees alive they must be irrigated especially in hot summer evenings.
The other place where I can accept workawayers is on the Asian side of the Dardanelles strait, 10 minutes drive from Lapseki. That house have some plastering, gardening and painting works at this time.
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Attributes: I speak fluent Turkish, English, French, Italian, Japanese and can communicate in Russian, Chinese (Mandarin) and German.
Education: I studied Archaeology and Philology at the University of Ankara, Studied at Iowa State University; Iowa City, Iowa, (USA), Studied at Omsk State Pedagogical University; Omsk, (Russia)
Organizations: Earlier. I was a supporter of Greenpeace in Turkey. I was on their translation team and acted as an interpreter during some of their projects. Now I support WWF organisation.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Politics / Social justice
Van life
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Technology
Movies & TV
Self development
Culture
Farming
Charity work
Plant care
Art & design
Carpentry
Cooking & food
DIY & crafts
Music
Languages
Astronomy
Books
Architecture
Animals
History
Gardening
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
While helping for the restorations or helping me with the guests one can learn how to restore or build an eco friendly home and practice language. Outside work hours one can take walks in the nature, explore valleys, visit rock carved churches, underground cities and many other interesting places in the area.
The other house by the Dardanelles is about an hour drive from Homer's Troy. Other ancient Greek sites and WWI battle fields are not very far.
Help
Cave rooms on the basement are waiting to be renovated. So assistance is needed for the renovation and restoration works, helping with tourists, cleaning, ironing and cooking.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Japanese: Fluent
Turkish: Fluent
Russian: Intermediate
German: Beginner
Estonian: Beginner
Chinese (Mandarin): BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
I would like to improve my Japanese, Chinese, Russian, German and Estonian.
Accommodation
Cave rooms of the lodge in Cappadocia or the seaside house near Lapseki.
What else ...
Early Christian cave churches decorated with beautiful biblical frescoes, underground cities, valleys with fantastic rock formations. For those who would like to stay by the sea side Homer's Troy and WWI battlefields.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
There is limited parking space in the lodge. But there are places to park up above the town.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
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He is a welcoming and generous host. He prepared a very nice room for me and in his free time took me to several interesting places in the area. It was fun having different discussions with him and playing chess.
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