Gizem Baburhan stepped into a tiny house on wheels she rented among Aegean vineyards and saw the future of Turkey’s coronavirus-hit 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.”
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…