ISTANBUL
Gizem Babürhan 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 Babürhan. “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 U.S. in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, appears to have caught on in Turkey during the pandemic.
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…