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''Sorry I have to disagree again, just let the children know that you will "otostop". Sure a bunch of kids gathered around me, I just talked a bit with them, took a photo and then they stayed at a distance so I quickly got a ride. This was while hitching towards [[Batman]]''--[[User:Jakobwithk|Jakobwithk]] 19:38, 12 January 2012 (CET)
== Sleeping ==
August 2018: If you have in mind to camp in Cizre, forget about this idea. This is probably the most strategic point in all Turkey, so police is literally at every corner. In one afternoon we had our documents checked and questioned 5 times, once it happened 5 minutes after a previous check. While professional and polite, they just won't leave you be. A local volunteered to "show us a place to camp" which, in his understanding, consisted of bringing us to the huge military base of the city and asking there for an official permission to camp. That was totally ridiculous in itself (because why would anyone ever take responsibility to allow it?), their only suggestion in the end was: go to Mardin instead.
There are hotels for 50+ TL and a dozen couchsurfers, but barely active. Best to come with a host prearranged, or simply not stay overnight in Cizre. If you have a host though, and police knows about it, they will definitely check IDs and question them as well, as they questioned for a long time the local to whom we just said hi in the street.
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