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Travellers can stop dreaming about a home in the middle of a vineyard in Marmara. It s a reality now 05 Min Read
Most travellers to Turkey would credit its charm as a tourist destination to the gleaming beaches of Dalaman and Antalya, the high-end luxury hotels of metropolitan Istanbul and the striking historical buildings of Edirne. But thanks to the scourge of the coronavirus pandemic, you could soon end up staying at a tiny house made of composite metal and wood, in the middle of a vineyard or in the festive resort town of Akyaka, whenever you visit the country next.
Small is big: Tiny houses a major draw in Turkey
03 Feb 2021
Gulf Today Report
Gizem Baburhan stepped into a tiny house on wheels she rented in the Aegean vineyards and saw the future of Turkey s coronavirus-ravaged tourism industry. This minimalist life offered us priceless peace, said Baburhan. I hope in the future, we will own a tiny house and tour the world with a home on our backs.
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The unimposing wood and composite metal structures resemble spruced-up sheds on wheels or sawn-off trailer homes.
Yet the Turkish firms that make them say they have barely been able to keep up with demand in the past year.
COVID-19: Turkey thinks small to save tourism
AFP, ISTANBUL, Turkey
Gizem Baburhan stepped into a tiny house on wheels she rented in the Aegean vineyards and saw the future of Turkey’s COVID-19-ravaged tourism industry.
“This minimalist life offered us priceless peace,” Baburhan said. “I hope in the future, we will own a tiny house and tour the world with a home on our backs.”
The tiny house movement a fad that gained momentum in the US in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis appears to have caught on in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A tiny house is pictured in Istanbul’s Polenezkoy neighborhood, Turkey, on Jan. 15.