Mecidiye Village

Now we go to Mecidiye, a tourism and organic village. The asphalt road, which starts to rise from Armutlu square, takes you to the heart of nature through the clean air and greenery. In a short time, you find yourself in a peaceful and quiet environment. The project, which includes the villages of Mecidiye, Selimiye and Hayriye and will affect 150 households, has been growing natural products without hormones since 1996 within the project, which includes many organizations such as Environment Forestry, Tourism, Provincial Directorate of Agriculture, Rural Services, Yalova Gardening Institute, State Hydraulic Works. Sociologist Tülay Andiç, who is active in Mecidiye, grows all kinds of vegetables by diversifying the production she started with olive cultivation. Ant İç, which consumes the majority of those grown with the spring water from the mountains for its guests in the eco-hostel kitchen, also sells the surplus products to the needy. Tülay Andiç, who is assertive in the certified ecological product cuisine and stated that the dishes made with different flavors of tomatoes, beans, peppers, and eggplant are highly appreciated, also provides the opportunity to attend various activities to the guests of the Thuya boutique pension in the village, which it has recently opened.

If they wish, the guests can follow the production processes in the village, watch the tomato paste, molasses, tarhana and bread made in the village according to the season and take part in the production. Those who express their wishes during the reservation are provided with the opportunity of touring with horses rented from the village, photo safari, healing herbs or mountain walking for the enthusiasts with the guidance of a guide, while the material supplied in the workshop of the hostel can be painted on glass and wood. Thanks to the characteristic of the region, those who gain vigor and get away from stress thanks to the abundant oxygen, they also find the opportunity to listen to classical music and read books for most of their time. There are various poultry, sheep, lambs and horses in the farm, which is a suitable environment for families with children. (Participants of the horse ride are told that the horse quickly absorbs the negative energy on the human being and gains a kind of meditation equally powerful.) The farm can respond to seminars, group meetings, yoga, meditation, and personal development group work for up to 15 people.

In the village of Mecidiye, where watching the snowy summit of Uludağ and the sky dome resembling a star field at night, the moonrise is insatiable. Mustafa Dereli, who produces Karabaş honey with the flower extracts collected by the bees from the abundant medicinal black pepper flowers in the environment, states that there are many natural and real honey enthusiasts that he started selling in early June and that he has healed. We descend from Mecidiye village, located at the foot of Taz Mountain, which is the highest hill of Armutlu Peninsula with 890 meters.