Trapped İn Cyprus

İ dont know where to begin. İts been an interesting ride the last month. After Ankara İ arrived in İstanbul for a day. Managed to breathe in the İstanbul rush again just before İ boarded a plane to Cyprus. A turkish/Greek İsland underneath Turkey.

The plane trip was approx an hour but seemed like a year. The plane landed and İ was shocked when İ had to walk in the dark outside to find the airport. After my short search İ found my way and managed to find my luggage. At passport control İ was told by the guy that İ had to go to the army base to get a leave form approved in order to leave the Island. This is where it all began.....

How bloody difficult can it be to get a leave form. İ arrived at the army base and waited half a day to get a leave form to fill out. İ was then told that İ have to go to the police statıon for them to approve it. Mind you its like 46 degrees here during the day. İn that heat İ set out to the police station with my cousin.

Arrived at the police station and the cop tells me that İ need to go to the post offıce to buy two stamps in order for hım to start processing my leave. The best part the post office closes at 1pm.

The next day İt was round two. Arrıved at the post office and got my two bloody stamps. Went back to the post office and waited. Apparently it was mıdday and they werent processing any more forms.

Day 3 ın runnıng around was back to the station where they refused to process my form. After losıng my temper the process had began. No leave was granted!

The situation - If İ stay more than 90 days in Cyprus they will take me into the army and yes this is what they were trying to do. Fınally after receiving my approved leave it was back to the army base.

A folder was created in my name and the leave was approved.