Kastamonu İzbeli Farm

Contributor	Herbert Hamele
Country	Turkey
Keywords	Ecoact
Organisation	Kastamonu İzbeli Farm
Postal address	Örencik Köyü İzbeli Mezrası No:5/2 KASTAMONU
Phone	+(90) 366 244 36 45
Cell phone	+90 532 575 77 52
Email	iletisim@izbeliciftligi.com
Webpage	http://www.izbeliciftligi.com/
Release date	19/09/2018
Landscape type	Unspecified
Topics	Certification & Marketing
GSTC Criteria for Destinations	A: Sustainable management D: Environmental sustainability
Marketplace category	Accommodation Providers
Type	(Best Practice Destination)

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Good Practice Innovation Sheet

Items	Description
1. WHO
Key people and organisations (initiator, leader, partners)	The farm, given to İzbeli Family in 1651 in the age of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet IV (Mehmet, the hunter) for Timariots (timar holders) has mostly been kept in its original form. The production is still going on in the region with natural and organic agricultural techniques. Breakfast is also served in the farm.


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2. WHY
Reason for taking the good practice action	Embodying the history of centuries, the farm acts as a museum. İzbeli Family donated the bedspread of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk that he used during his visit to Kastamonu in 1925 to City History Museum. İzbeli Farm has been contributing to tourism in Kastamonu since 2002. Organic products that are grown without using synthetic manure or hormones are provided for the visitors of the farm. Besides the breakfast served in the farm has been appreciated by most of the gourmets and praised by local and national press.
Issues and challenge
3. HOW
Methods /steps / tools used (to develop the good practice)
4. RESULT
Specific/measurable results, benefits	Organic agriculture is performed in the farm. For a product to be processed as an organic product, a controlled production in accordance with the related organic agriculture legislation and certification of these products is necessary. It has certificates on organic agriculture given by the Ministries.http://www.izbeliciftligi.com/pressmedia/
Recognitions (e.g. awards)
5. REFLECTION
Lessons learned
Challenges met
Critical success factors
6. MORE
web-references, documents	Web-site: http://www.izbeliciftligi.com/ Telephone: +(90) 366 244 36 45 / +90 532 575 77 52 / +90 532 273 85 00 E-mail: iletisim@izbeliciftligi.com Address: Örencik Köyü İzbeli Mezrası No:5/2 KASTAMONU İstanbul: 230 Km (2 saat 45 dakika) -Ankara: 240 Km (3 saat)