Comments on: Istanbul Scams To Know Before You Travel

By: Nur Al Fata

Nur Al Fata — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 06:00:27 +0000

I had nad experience at grand bazaar istanbul. Payment by catd with DC machine fake..He said 1st card was unsuccess..And the 2nd by other. Card was success..But actually (based check in our mobile.banking) all auvcess payment. Suggest DONT USE. CARD PAYMENT but better by Cash

By: Sherrie

Sherrie — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:48:01 +0000

I was in Istanbul in May 2023 and on my 2nd day of exploring, I was near the Galata Bridge and stopped to get a cool natural fruit drink for 80Liras. The shopkeeper demanded 100 liras tip for an 80 lira drink…………..scam, scam, scam!!!

By: Mustafa Muammer Yavuz

Mustafa Muammer Yavuz — Thu, 26 May 2022 21:14:34 +0000

Çok abartılı biz yazı olmuş, diğer ülkelerde yaşanan olaylardan daha az, ufak tefek olaylar olabilir. Türk insanının misafir perverliği, yabancılara karşı tam bir ev sahibi gibi davranan sıcak insanlar olduğunu sizlere hatırlatmakta fayda var. Bu yazıyı yazan kişi Türk insanını düşmanca ve kin nefretle anlatmış . Oysa tam aksi Türk insanı sevecen, sıcaktır, yardım sever ve saygılıdır

Yeter ki Türk insanının yaşamına, örf ve adetlerine, dini inancına hakarette bulunmasınlar, o zaman Türk insanı tamamen başka olur bu da bilinsin,

By: Tia

Tia — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 20:03:04 +0000

In reply to Kristen. Hey Kristen! I still wonder that myself honestly! He was so convincing, that my brain went numb, and I thought I might be the one mistaken! Plus he was very hostile about it!

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 01:25:16 +0000

Tia, I’m curious why you didn’t just get out of the taxi without giving him more money?

By: Diana

Diana — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 21:00:44 +0000

Thank you so much Tia for taking your time to write this post! Very informative and very helpful.

By: Kirsten Wendlandt

Kirsten Wendlandt — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 16:27:56 +0000

Thank you so much for this incredibly useful post!! It is so easy to get scammed when traveling and I think its so important to talk about this. I didn’t even know about many of these so I truly appreciate this post.

By: Cosette

Cosette — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 05:32:30 +0000

Wow, didn’t know all of these scams, omly a few. Will know what to look out for when I get to visit Istanbul.

By: Shelley

Shelley — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 21:34:47 +0000

Tia, thank you for your honest article. You are really helping other travelers. Scams aren’t some of the parts of travel anyone wants to talk about, but they are part of the reality of travel… and your blog is certainly going to help me with Istanbul planning.

By: Tia

Tia — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 21:18:34 +0000

In reply to Nichole the Nomad. Delighted you found this post useful Nichole! Thank you for reading :)