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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Replying to @o_guest
Ugh :( So annoying that something that's supposed to be your right is handed down like charity.
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Replying to @zerdeve
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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Replying to @zerdeve
Yeah, he couldn't actually say: "I'm also a citizen of the Republic of Cyprus" so he kept repeating "my mum is waiting" it's kind of sweet
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Replying to @o_guest
bittersweet. that it had to happen that way. the fear.. i was scared to claim being turkish was a thing w the greek police. i kept nodding.
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I would be scared of them too, so I can't imagine what a Turk would be feeling. Greek Cyp cops even more so, fucking scary corrupt shits.
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Replying to @o_guest
funny thing, worst came from the turkish bus driver who stole my stuff I sent with him to Turkey. everything was found in his home :(
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