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'''Şırnak''' is a town in [[:Category:Southeastern Anatolia|Southeastern Turkey]]. Be very careful about hitchhiking here as security is ultra tight with scores of military and police checkpoints everywhere because this is ground zero for the PKK. You will be repeatedly stopped, questioned, searched and registered and this normally takes 30 minutes to an hour. That being said they are always friendly and welcoming even if bewildered why you are there.(November 2017)
== Hitchhiking out ==
Hitchhiking out of Sirnak is likely to require some walking as the city is situated on a hill and all road pass around the hill. However atleast it's downhill all the way. Be cautius as locals are overly helpful and are very likely to take you to the busstation even though you clearly tell them (in turkish) what you want to do. One of the routes out marked on the map passes through a military zone, you will be detained and forbidden entry if you attempt to go through it. If you are going to Siirt then use the dirt road from the middle of the city.
Be careful with your hitchhiking hosts, my driver was detained with me for 2 hours as we crossed a checkpoint. They wouldn't let him go until they cleared me.(November 2017)
=== South towards [[Cizre]]===
