Smallholding, Family farm
İzmir
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Uzun dönem tercihen çift gönüllüleri davet ediyoruz. Günlük çalışmalarımız için yaşamımızı paylaşmak isteyen kısa donem gönüllülerimiz de başvurabilirler. Yurtlarda yaşıyoruz, güzel zeytinlik arazimize ekolojik ev yapıyoruz ayrıca dağın yükseğinde eski adıyla gağgı alanı denilen arazimiz de bahçe çalışmalarımız ve birçok meyve ağacımız var.
İzmir Ovacık milli park alanı içinde, karlık dağı batı yakasında, 850 m rakımda eski bir çiftlik arazisinde yaşıyoruz. Yerel eko sistemin yarattığı zengin bitki çeşitliliği, bol gıda ve cevrede az insan yerleşkesi olan bir yerde daha yaban, bir o kadar özgür, sade ve basit yasam surmekteyiz. Araçla İzmir hava limanına 1-1,5 saat, en yakın köy yerleşkesine 7km, bayındır ve turgutlu ilçelerine 25 km mesafede eski çiftlik arazisinde hayat bulup hayat sağlamaktayız. Yaklaşık 50 dekar arazinin içinde ve çevresi anadolunun kadim ormanı saçaklı meşe, anıt özelliğinde ulu kestane ve kiraz ,armut, elma, ceviz, üzüm bağı, alıç güren (kızılcık) erik türlerine ait bitki örtüsüne sahiptir. Yuvamız ve çalışma kapalı mekanlarımız, ortak hamam, mutfak, atolye vb. burada yaptığımız "yurt"lardan oluşmaktadır. Toplamda barınma ve ortak alan yurtları 8 tanedir. Yurtların üretimi de dahil tüm mobilyaları atölyemizde yerel malzemelerle kendimiz yapmaktayız. Elektrik ve sıcak su için günes enerjisi kullanıyoruz. Suyumuz 1340 m rakımdaki karlık dağının zirvesinden gelmektedir. 8 kovan arımız var ve arılarımız için başta lavanta olmak üzere arı merası oluşturma çalışmaları yapmaktayız.
Veysi, çiftci, marangoz olarak; toprak bakımı, gıda ormanı ağaçlandırması, aşı yapımı, sulama sistemi ve ormandan ahsap parçalar ile mobilya ve yurt yapımı gibi işlerle ilgilenmektedir. Eşi ise, bahçecilik, gıda ürünlerin toplanması tohumluk ve seradaki fide ve sebze uretimi, kışlık meyve sebze kurutma, reçel sos vb. calışmaları yürütmektedir. Ancak arazideki her iş hep birlikte dayanışmayla yapılmaktadır. Arazi dışında ormanda gezmekten, dağ zirvesinde olmaktan, ağaç dikmekten, doğada yaşamaktan mutluyuz.
Çiftlik alanında sadece Turkcell çekiyor. Internet bağlantısı vardır
OCA: Odun toplama, kestane hasadı, zeytin hasadı
ŞUB: Zeytin hasadı
MAR: Ahşap atölye
NİS: Budama, tohum ekme, fide hazırlığı, sera işleri, aşılama, bahçe işleri
MAY: Bahçe işleri
HAZ: Kiraz hasadı, bahçe işleri, gıda işleme
TEM: Bahçe işleri
AĞU: Elma hasadı, gıda işleme, fidan hazırlığı, bahçe işleri
EYL: Bahçe işleri, gıda işleme, ceviz hasadı
EKİ: Kestane hasadı, sera hazırlığı
KAS: Kestane hasadı, ağaç dikimi
ARA: Zeytin hasadı, kestane hasadı
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We are looking for long term volunteers, perferably couples, as well as short term volunteers who would like to share our life and help us with ongoing works and daily acitivities.
We live in yurts and we are building ecological house using stones, clays, straw 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.
The Gağgı 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 90 minutes from here, Bayındır is the next bigger village and 25 km far away, the next small village is 7 km from here. Our land is 50.000m2 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. We have built 8 yurtes ( mongolian tents) from 12- 40 m2 in our ateliers and are using those for sleeping, kitchen, hamam/bathroom or workshop. We are building all our furnitures and yurtes and everything out of local materials from the woods nearby or local.
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 former carpenter and internal design architect and the guy who builts everything. His wife is the woman behind that all and loves saving and sharing seeds, cooking and organizing.
Only Turkcell GSM coverage available in the farm area. WI-FI connection available you can use
JAN: Picking woods, chestnut harvest, olive harvest
FEB: Olive harvest
MAR: Wood works
APR: Pruning, sowing seeds, preparing seedlings, polytunnel works, grafting, garden works
MAY: Garden works
JUN: Cherry harvest, garden works, food processing
JUL:
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Forestry
Beekeeping
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Seed saving or production
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Green Building
Renewable energy production
Mechanics / tools / technology
Methods or systems
Biodynamic agriculture
Holistic management
Permaculture
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
20.2
Hectares
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50
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Veysi
Member since 2025
Languages spoken:
English, Turkish
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Response rate: 100%
Response time: typically within 2 days
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Reviews
Daniela
Germany
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October 2025
Türken und Veysin haben ein sehr schönes Anwesen in einem Olivenhain. Außer Oliven- gibt es auch Walnuss- und Feigenbäume, einen Gemüsegarten und Hühner. Die Familie bewohnt ein schönes Haus, die Wwoofer schlafen in einer der 3 Jurten, die sehr hübsch gestaltet sind.
Ich bin zur Oliven- und Walnussernte angereist. Aufgrund eines familiären Notfalls war Türkan nicht da. Ich erfuhr also bei meiner Ankunft, dass ich nun Veysin bei der Betreuung der zweijährigen Tochter und im Haushalt helfen solle. Yas ist sehr süß, aber nach 4 langen Tagen mit einem komplett fremden Mann und der Verantwortung für ein kleines Kind und einer unklaren Verständigung habe ich mich sehr unwohl gefühlt, obwohl sich Veysin, der offensichtlich auch überfordert von der Situation war, sehr bemüht hat, uns beiden Freiwilligen ein guter Gastgeber zu sein. Während der junge, männliche Wwoofer draußen gemäht und Holz gehackt hat, sollte ich tagelang dringend die Hausfrau ersetzen. Das war für mich, die ich nach 20 Jahren Mutterschaft und als Lehrerin endlich mal was Neues lernen wollte, eine große Enttäuschung. Türkan kam nach 5 Tagen zurück und ich bin früher abgereist, weil ich mich insgesamt nicht wohl gefühlt habe und die Kommunikation nicht besser wurde. Schade!
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Tansel
Türkiye
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May 2024
Çok güzel aile ve doğayla geçen bir hafta oldu. Tavsiye ederim😊
Anke
Germany
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October 2022
We stayed three weeks with Türkan and Veysi and had a wonderful time.
The work was varied. We harvested walnuts, apples and peaches. Dried figs and helped to pack the orders for the market. Otherwise we fed the chickens and sometimes the dog and the cats. If you are interested in building with wood, this is also the right place. Veysi explains everything calmly.
Communication is easy with both of them. Türkan speaks good english. Veysi's English is sufficient for simple matters and to work together.
Türkan and Veysi have very nice friends and so we had a lot of interesting and funny encounters and nice evenings with great food, music and also singing and dancing.
The two of them have built a great house (with WiFi). The kitchen, living room and bathroom are nicely furnished and cosy. And the view from the roof in the evening is beautiful.
@fabulousfemalecyclists
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Liesbeth
Netherlands
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November 2021
In October 2021 we spend nine days on the farm of Türkan and Veysi. It was our first time wwoofing. First of all, Türkan was easy to reach on Whatsapp and both of them speak English well enough to make the working together easy. For us as cyclists the last 15km up in the mountains were a little hard, but the peacefulness of their place is definitely worth it. We got our own sleeping yurt (sometimes sharing with two other volunteers) and there was good acces to warm water and electricity. As for the work: there was a good variety of chores, enough breaks, and we learned about olive and chestnut harvest, and building.
The best though were the people. Türkan is a very kind-hearted woman and she tried her best to make us feel comfortable and happy at their home. There was singing, playing games, joking and we exchanged a lot about our cultures, language, music. Veysi likes to explain and teach about the things he learned in life, such as carpenting. Türkan and Veysi are very hospitable people and during the week there were a lot of friends coming and going. Always sharing lovely meals together. We also very much enjoyed that there were two other volunteers at the same time!
All in all we had a great experience and would definitely recommend coming to Türkan and Veysi. We hope to meet them again in the future.
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Murat
Türkiye
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June 2021
Veysi bey ve eşi şehir hayatını bırakıp kırsalda işleyen bir sistem kurmayı ve orada yaşamayı başarmış insanlar. Bu hayali olan gönüllülerin çok şey öğreneceği bir yer. Tavsiye ediyorum.
Erdem
Türkiye
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March 2021
Veysi&Türkan çifti harika insanlar. Çiftliğe adımınızı attığınız ilk andan itibaren samimiyetlerini ve sıcaklıklarını görebiliyorsunuz. Çiftlikte çok güzel bir aile havası içerisinde dostça ve adilce tüm işler yürütülüyor. Ayrılırken bir parçanızı orada bırakabilirsiniz, baştan söyleyeyim.
