Five day trip turns into six week nightmare after Brit's 'worst mistake'
A British woman has been stuck in Turkey for six weeks after damaging a hotel room on what should have been her final night.
Georgia Harrison from Rochdale had gone on a five-day trip to the country with her partner Arron Tighe on May 2 for him to undergo dental treatment.
Things had gone smoothly up until the final night, when the pair damaged their hotel room after a night of drinking, which she called "the worst mistake of my life".
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Georgia said: "In the taxi to the airport the hotel guy was following the taxi, they were coming to the windows. Luckily the taxi driver wouldn't open the doors.
"This went on for about five minutes and they were speaking to the taxi driver.
"He said I'm going to have to ring the police for your safety. The police came and took me to the police station. I was taken to the hospital and from the hospital back to the police station."
There, Georgia and Arron sat in a "waiting room" with armed police.
Georgia said she was told there wasn't an English speaking lawyer, and went online to find one for herself.
She said that if she signed this would mean she would pay some £15,000 to the hotel for damages, and then the charges would be dropped and the travel ban would be lifted.
After finding a lawyer, she made an offer to pay £3,000 damages, but said this was not accepted.
"I've been here for six weeks," she said. "I just want to get home to my daughter.
"I'm thinking about losing my house. I don't know where to go and who to turn to."
The 32-year-old a said that she has also been accused of resisting arrest, which she denies, and that this is why she has been barred from leaving the country.
"I've been stopped by passport control twice," she said. "I just want to get home to my daughter."
She added: "It's like is this a dream or is this real?"
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