This Fund raising takes place three and half years after the devastating fire which destroyed most of the Yunus Emre farm in september 2012.

During these 3 years, a lot has been done, THANKS to YOU, (see Renaissance site to learn more)...

Yet because money has been drastically lacking, I could absolutely not rebuild anything properly in the farm, thus resume real activities and programs...

As a consequence tangible incomes could not be generated and  I have been sustaining my life until now thanks to yoga classes in Antalya (1/3) and most of all thanks to spontaneaous Donations  :) :) :)  (for 2/3)

I want to believe though that everything happens for a reason ...and that thinks happen when they have to happen ...

In 2015 we learned that the farm might be eligible to receive grants from TKDK** , a development agency for local business.

So the application is still in preparation with our team* (architect/ engineers/ builders/ consultant...) who all accepted to help and receive (little) money only after the subsidy will be granted ... So ... lets cross the fingers !!!

The FINANCING of the RECONSTRUCTION will be Twofold:

--> TKDK's grant  might cover :   the guest house ANAHAT (essential to the farm) + Solar ELECTRIC System + Solar Water heaters - 

--> CROWD FUNDING CAMPAIGN  :  aims at renewing the existing constructions (toilet huts, showers, Saraswati and Chandi tents, Durga the yoga shala, maybe the Toolshed...)

-->  ALREADY A WONDERFUL NEWS : DURGA received a generous DONATION ...

we might be able to finance its floor and walls this Summer !!!!!!!! 

TIMING  ... SCHEDULE ...

Our application to TKDK** will be given in September 2016;

Their answer should arrive within 2 to 7 months = between November 2016 and April 2017;

According to all these elements taking place in real time, we dare to estimate that Anahat and some other constructions could be finished by AUTUMN next year 2017 ... allowing thus the Reopening of the farm ....

See the RECONSTRUCTION and FINANCING plan for all details

 * Around ten people are working on the project : Yannick & Karine ecobuilders and architect did the first plans ; Ayse Ahmet Mustafa Göksel made the plans under the turkish format, Serkan is our "Usta" prime contractor, Veysi calculates the material, Akif is our accountant, and Selcan is helping me in the whole process.... All accepted to work for the Yunus Emre farm's project without receiving money at first ... simply because they loved the project :) ... big Gratitude !

** TKDK: Turizm ve Kirsal Destekleme Kurumu =  Supportive agency for rural and touristic development

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This is a sensitive subject which triggered lots of questions from your part, so I will try to answer very clearly and transmit my true feeling about this ...

--> the Yunus Emre farm's project arrived to me as I was still flying as a pilot, not at all imagining anything else but flying and doing yoga ...

In 2007, during a tremendous storm in Antalya, a very clear message came  "You have to create a place for Nature" ...

The place took the shape of the Yunus Emre farm and slowly moving, trying to feel my way along in this totally unknown venture, I rapidely understood that the farm's very vocation would be that of sharing :

The Yunus Emre farm is a common venture, a human endeavour; an opportunity to express with one's head and hands, what is in one'sHeart... 

--> As the farm started to earn some income,  in septembre 2012 the fire destroyed it almost totally,devouring as well my last savings...

Only thanks to YOU, friends and supporters of the farm, could the farm continue to live... Donations allowed to build of a house for me, to establish yoga classes in Antalya, and brought miscalleanous improvements in the farm (like covering Durga and Saraswati which had not burned... like buying a washing machine and a generator... See  Renaissance site for all details :)

-->  I really tried my very best to earn enough incomes from the Yoga classes in Antalya, ... but it did not work.. Until NOW I am living upon Your Donations (for 2/3) and yoga classes (1/3) and I wish to take this opportunity to Deeply Thank those who spontaneously continue to send me money :) :) :) 

--> Lastly I must add for those who wonder about this  that no, I do not have any other income except what the yoga classes bring... Believe me I tried Everything, I had an insurance, it did not work, I should have become retired, it did not work, etc. etc.... 

I understand this period of my life like a strong "karma" or "destiny", something I definitely had to experience, with full acceptance and awareness... and I tried my best to do this... If you can read french, you may learn more of these incredible ventures in the book " Livre "Aventures d'une pilote yogini autour de la terre, ou, une quête éperdue de vérité"  hopefully released by the end of this year ...????... inshallaaaaah !!! 

--> The sensation I got from such an experience is that after having been "rich", without realising too much the worth of money, I became "poor" and  understood not only the value of money, but also its importance and its obligation ...

Now, neither rich, nor poor, I feel an Absolute Trust in the universe and I feel richer than I have ever been ...

I guess this was an important step I had to cross... and I feel that now we are coming out to the other side of the situation .... :) 

Soon Anahat the Guest house will be built thanks to the TKDK's grant (crossing fingers:), thus accomodation will be again available in the farm, thus Aactivity in the farm will resume, and the farm will generate incomes ....

To know more about the Yunus Emre farm's project... see HERE !

and to continue surfing in the campaign ....

1. AIMs of this CAMPAIGN  /  2. CONTEXTE of this FUND RAISING / 3. WHY am I (again) appealing to YOU / 4. RECONSTRUCTION PLAN with tangible datas, timing etc; 

5. YUNUS EMRE FARM's project, a place of WELCOME, LEARNING and SHARING /  6. VARIOUS WAYS of HELPING (with practical details, figures, plans etc.)  /  7. FUND RAISING UPDATE

8. DONATE  /  9. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS the FORUM