Turkish man beaten by Greek Cypriot police at Nicosia border crossing, kept in custody for the last 5 days

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It wasn't that bad although I was quite scared. 19 and alone and stuck in police custody in greece with 0 money. lol.
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This happened to my brother on his way back from Turkey to Cyprus... they didn't let him fly to TRNC because it's an internal flight and his
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visa for Turkey had run out so he was fucked. Eventually after talking to increasingly more senior border people and repeating that his mum
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is waiting for him in Lefkosa, the top dude said "OK, I let you go to your mum!".
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Ugh :( So annoying that something that's supposed to be your right is handed down like charity.
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Well, Cyprus and Turkey are at war and he was travelling on a British passport... they had no idea he had any rights to being in TRNC...
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so it's complex. My parents couldn't even phone him when he lived in Ankara because they aren't connected.
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So I'm not sure he had any real legal rights in that situation... he would have been deported back to the UK instead of home... probably.
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