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 Kayseri, 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 urban 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 — how to onboard the first committed households without losing the slow-building ethos.
- How much of the legal framework translates cleanly to a sister Kont outside Türkiye.
Named where we can, open where we can't.
Partners and counsel are named after the engagement letter is signed. Cohort households stay private until the cooperative registers. The slots that are open are open on purpose — introductions welcome.
- Founder
Ahmet Turetmis
Kont ProjectWalks every shortlisted site, owns the cooperative-law consultations in Kayseri, keeps the Phase 1 capital model honest. Writes most of the journal too — transparency is a job, not a side effect.
Get in touch → - Partner
Cooperative-law counsel
Firm in Kayseri · engagement under negotiationKont's cooperative charter is being drafted against Turkish Kooperatifler Kanunu with a cooperative-native lawyer in Kayseri. Named publicly once the engagement letter is signed.
- Cohort
Founding cohort
Cohort forming · private until co-op registersEvery committed household writes a paragraph of the bylaws before signing them. Names stay private until the cooperative is registered and each household has opted in to public disclosure.
- Open slot
Researcher in residence
3–12 month residency · cooperative housing + knowledge commonsWe're holding a slot for a researcher — agroecology, cooperative governance, passive-climate architecture, or Mediterranean food systems. Proposals welcome anytime.
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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.