29/05/2022
Top tourist scams in Turkey
1)BAR - CLUB scams (MOST DANGEROUS AND COMMON ONE especially localized in taksim square(İstiklal Street and Historical Peninsula Sultanahmet , Cemberlitas , Gulhane Area )
Targets will be mostly to be male single tourists
2)Shoe-shining scams : Even though it sounds like a old school simple cheap scam there are still some shoeshiner dudes on the galata bridge who drops their brushes in order to get the tourists behind them hand over the brush to the shoeshiner and insist on providing a service to brush the people's shoes
3)Taxi scams : Wherever you go around the world there will be some greedy taxi drivers who're looking forward to overcharge the tourists . Even we as turks had already enough with the taxi system in Turkey since Taxi drivers won't accept the customer who wish to travel shorter and mostly likely to try to overcharge the customer .
bitaksi is an application that can be used in Istanbul to call a cab no matter wherever and whereever you are . You can pay the taxi feee by cash , credit card . Furthermore when you locate your destination the application automatically calculates the shortest distance between the routes and sets the price and you can get to see the plate number of your ride and the name of the cap driver. It's the most recommandable taxi call app in Istanbul.You have also have the chance to read the views of the cap driver and give them a rating .
The app is available on googleplay , app , huwai store.
app store link :
https://apps.apple.com/app/bitaksi-your-taxi/id589500723
google play store link :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitaksi.musteri&hl=tr&gl=US