On Monday evening I arrived in Istanbul.
My Turkish publisher picked me up at the airport.
I was going to stay at the Dutch consulate. Usually I prefer hotels but a consulate can be neat as well.
Around 1:30 we arrived at the consulate.
The guards refused to let me in. My publisher started negotiating, but the guards didn’t want to wake up the consul.
I was ready to go to a hotel, but I didn’t want to be rude.
Around 2:15 the guards let me in. One of them helped me with my suitcase.