![]() I arrived at basic training, my stomach firmly knotted and all around me was a sea of shaved heads. It’s been a decade since I finished serving and until now I have never really written about it. There are many honest Cypriot businessmen who make a good living from encouraging flimsy nationalism to continue selling shoddy uniforms and tahinopites. ![]() The war was tragic, but the draft today is mainly posturing about a conflict that won't happen again. Military service is a remnant of the 1974 Turkish invasion. Damocles’ sword was dangling above my head – compulsory military service. I remember miserably observing the graduation ritual seniors perform every year: boys running around in scooters, hooting and howling, spraying shaving foam at each other, celebrating the death of their most carefree years. Most of you know a few things about Cyprus: it has Ayia Napa (#ladsontour), halloumi and it’s hot.
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