Unable to leave North Cyprus due to NOT having correct papers

InsideInsurance

silvercar wrote: »

If you do have a claim it may be that your insurer could help. If you turned up to the airport on time and then were denied flight access that may be something you could claim for.

Being denied boarding due to not having correct visas/ passports, being drunk etc is normally not covered or excluded

littlereddevil

Why are you complaining you paid over the odds for tickets from a travel agent when you could have bought them from the airline?

movilogo

Northern Cyprus is not even recognized internationally and sort of wild west country. Best way to visit there is enter/exit via road from Southern (true) Cyprus.

balletshoes

As neither the TA nor the airline were to blame for you not having the correct knowledge or paperwork for exit out of Northern Cyprus, I wouldn't expect them to treat your original flights back to the UK as anything other than a no-show, so you paid for them, and then you'd need to pay for a whole new set of flight tickets to get home.

Buzby

Nationality is not decreed by a passport. If the visited country has an official that reasonably believes you have dual nationality at the time of presentation - that is for them to do. It still has nothing to do with the TA or airline - you were not available to board. Why not ask Customs staff to reimburse you?

InsideInsurance

Buzby wrote: »

Nationality is not decreed by a passport

Well, one nationality is but that doesnt mean you dont have another one too.

If Wikipedia is to be believed then nationality is automatically inherited from one or more parents and can only be undone by partition. As the OP hasnt renounced their nationality they automatically got from their mother then they will have automatically passed it to their son who will have dual citizenship with British.

It is therefore correct that he would have to do national service if he has spent more than 90 days of the year in the country subject to the normal get/buy out clauses.

ttoli

MoneyMad wrote: »

Thanks for all your replies, but i think the majority of you did not understand the original post, i appreciate i might be to blame for not being able to read Turkish, but the point is, I ended up having re-buy airline tickets at more than the cost of the return flight tickets, just to sort out this mess. Why is that right and i have to take the hit! i already paid what is more than the cost of the ticket issued by the airline! so i think the airline should have been able to do something to just book us on another flight and maybe pay a nominal fee change the tickets, may be those tickets we were sold were discounted tickets with special conditions on them, but again we were not told this! WE ARE BRITISH born with BRITISH passports, the only thing Turkish about my son is his Name and of course my turkish surname who was also born in the UK. We have NEVER lived in Cyprus for more than 2 weeks at a time, or had a Turkish Passports. So why treat us as though we are running away from doing military service, this should ONLY apply to Turkish born children surely. Anyway, i think you all feel i am to blame so i guess thats the end of the story. For those who are reading this and have at least one Turkish Parent OR are Turkish and want to go and see their parents birthplace in North Cyprus. PLEASE PLEASE be aware that you WILL have to go and get exit papers sorted during your stay, it only takes 10-15 mins to do, and you will need someone who can write in turkish, The rules appear o apply to those born in 1996 or earlier. If they never changed the rules I would have known what i needed to do, but i was under the impression my son was not caught by this change. ANYWAY, the best thing to do is ASK the person on passport control as you arrive as they should be the ones making you aware of what the sign says, as the sign is written in Turkish and displayed at his desk. Obviously if you are an English Born Turk you may not be able to read the sign so ASK what it says. Finally, we love going to NORTH CYPRUS, it is a beautiful Country and would NOT recommend anyone goes there as it will spoil what i truly truly believe is the best place on earth ;-)

With the greatest respect , I have lived here for 9 Years (Dogankoy) , I am British but have very many Londrali friends who face the same every year, just surprised that you were not aware .

ttoli

movilogo wrote: »

Northern Cyprus is not even recognized internationally and sort of wild west country. Best way to visit there is enter/exit via road from Southern (true) Cyprus.

They would still face the same problem when trying to Exit North Cyprus and Crossing to the RoC !!

Wild West ??? Lol :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

dzug1

silvercar wrote: »

The authorities must have some knowledge of some ancestry that is Turkish. They can't stop everyone with a Turkish sounding name

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From what OP says they can and do.