Ride App Marti Takes on Taxi Boss in Fight for Istanbul’s Megacity Market

A customer uses the Marti app in Istanbul. — A customer uses the Marti app in Istanbul.
Photographer: Erhan Demirtas/Bloomberg

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By Ercan Ersoy and Taylan Bilgic

March 9, 2023 at 11:38 AM UTC

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Turkish mobility app Marti is in a legal battle over its new taxi-hailing service with Istanbul’s top yellow cab group, as the tech company prepares to list on the New York Stock Exchange.