Aegean · Türkiye.
Coastal climate, olive and vineyard agriculture, strong Turkish cooperative-law precedent.
Research, not construction.
Site walks, cooperative-law consultations, budget sketches, cohort conversations. Construction follows a decision gate, not a calendar.
Site walks this quarter, cooperative-law consultations with a cooperative-native lawyer in Izmir, budget sketches tested against the Phase 1 capital target, conversations with the 28 committed households to write the first draft of the bylaws together.
The bet
Turkish cooperative law rewards groups that can show structure, patience, and capital discipline. The Aegean has the climate, the memory of the köy, and an educated Istanbul-Izmir diaspora that would return for a place with both warmth and internet.
Climate
Hot-dry summer, wet-mild winter. 1,000+ mm/yr rainfall — meaningful food self-sufficiency is on the table.
Vernacular
Hayat-house vernacular, limestone walls, vines for shade. Low pitched clay-tile roofs, shaded inner courts, the generous threshold that Mediterranean architecture has always known about.
Binding constraint
Land at the right scale (15–25 ha, walkable to a town) is the constraint. Water is not.
- Q2 2026 Site shortlist · 6 properties identified, 2 visited.
- Q3 2026 Cooperative registered. Bylaws draft 1. Member agreements.
- Q4 2026 Land acquisition target. Down-payment from founding cohort.
- 2027–2028 Design + permitting. First neighborhood of ~150 ppl.
- 2029 First residents on site. Phase 1 active.
No date is a promise. Every rung is a decision, not a calendar entry. If the cohort or the cash isn't ready, we hold.
- Buyout exit path for a member leaving in the first 10 years — fair to the leaver AND to the commons?
- Cohort formation cadence after first 28 HH — second-wave onboarding mechanics.
- How much of the legal framework translates cleanly to a sister Kont outside Türkiye.
Watch Aegean move.
One email per status change — nothing in between. Research to Study, Study to In Formation, first site walk, first construction permit. Each rung gets a dispatch.