Nicosia is the last divided capital.
In Nicosia the atmosphere remains heavy and tense.
This is our island and we want to unite it.
If everybody is telling you about the military, you grow up thinking that's the only thing you live for.
Do they actually want us to believe that we should be separated?
My name is Erman.
I'm 28 years old.
And I live in the northern part of Nicosia.
I'm Andreas.
I'm 17 years old.
I live in the south part of Nicosia.
Similar to the Berlin Wall, we had a huge wall in the middle of the city.
The whole country is divided actually into two.
And there's the buffer zone in the middle
which is controlled by the United Nations.
Until 2003, we weren't able to cross its so-called border,
so I didn't meet any Greek Cypriots, I didn't know who they were.
I heard about them from the stories of my grandfather and grandmother.
So, I cycle until the checkpoint and then I walk.
Generally they ask my ID, both sides.
I also carry these court papers that they are asking me to participate in the military.
You never know what they can ask.
Nicosia is another of the world's divided cities.
A line separating the Greek and Turkish communities is known as the green line.
Empty streets, roadblocks made from old cars or oil drums, patrolling UN troops.
I am an LGBT+ rights activist.
I already did my 12 months service when I finished school.
I couldn't escape but it was really a traumatic one year for me
where I really developed my ideology on conscientious objection.
Where I really understood why I don't like to be part of the army,
I wouldn't be part of the system that its own essential existence is discrimination and hate.
Each year both sides call the ones who made their military service
for the reserve service.
They have to do a few extra days so this is like a preparation for the war.
Then, this is what I object.
So we are going to my grandmother's and grandfather's house.
When we talk about conscientious objection with my family,
it makes them angry, I think, because they believed all these years
that without military we can't survive.
It seems like they've been living in a lie.
If it's correct what I am believing in.
I'm stressed.
I don't want to say anything because it's their opinion and if I say anything,
they will get stressed even more.
So, I don't want to say any opposite opinion.
If you say something pro-peace,
I'll finish school in June, at the start of July I'll be called to the Cypriot military.
I am really thinking about conscientious objection because I really don't believe
there should be any military in our country.
We don't need it.
I have talked to my family and they believe that I have to serve my country in the military
and serving my country will make me a better person and a more responsible one.
I mean, I'm pretty confused.
I'm trying to learn more, I'm researching so that I can make my decision final
and a good one.