Obliged, uneasy, confused, but relieved, I will be taking the flight to a very different home this time. I will leave reason aside (as so many friends ordered me to do) and take the step into the training camp where I will complete the mandatory military service as a Turkish man. The length of the training is determined by the degree of education and whether or not the citizen resides in Turkey or overseas. Being a college graduate who lived/worked overseas for over three years, I was lucky to be admitted into the basic 3-week training (rather than the 6-month admission) that takes place quarterly in Burdur, Turkey.
I am packed with hundreds of little necessities I was recommended to buy by the friends who already completed the service. I am leaving knowing that I won’t become a fully-functional soldier, but will finally complete the service I was required to do since I graduated from college. With that in mind, I expect that I won’t be able to attend Sinanation as much as I did until this time. I hope to be back by the first week of May 2010 (hopefully with thoughtful and hilarious stories from the army days). Until then I hope you’ll check back to listen to some good music and/or read previous posts that you might have missed along the way.
All the best,
Sinan
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Dearest cousin..
Only three weeks.
Good luck :).