Martı, an electric scooter rental startup established in 2019, has grown rapidly in a short time and has become one of the largest enterprises in the country. The company recently announced its newest service TAG (Let’s Go With One Vehicle). As the name suggests, TAG aims to enable people going in the same direction to travel together. In this service, which is stated to be launched to reduce vehicle density and air pollution, users can travel together via Martı TAG for certain fees determined by the driver.
After the announcement of the TAG service, which Martı stated that he would not receive any fee or commission, some tensions began to arise between the taxi drivers and Martı in recent days. While the Istanbul Chamber of Taximen and Tradesmen accused the company of ‘piracy’, Martı’s founder and CEO, Oğuz Alper Öktem, responded. Let’s take a look at what has happened in the last few days.
Istanbul Taxi Professionals Chamber announced that it has started legal action against Martı.
In the past days, some taxi drivers have posted on social media reacting to Martı’s TAG initiative. While the startup was accused of ‘pirate’ taxi driving and putting stones to labor, CEO Öktem stated that TAG is not a passenger transportation service and is not a commercial activity that generates income.
Afterwards, a statement came from the Istanbul Taxi Professionals’ Chamber (ITEO). In a post on social media, there were allegations of ‘piracy’ again. ITEO in this post; He stated that legal proceedings have been initiated against Martı and necessary steps have been taken to cancel it.
Eyüp Aksu, head of ITEO, also shared a similar post. Öktem responded to this with a post he made on Instagram.
Martı CEO Oğuz Alper Öktem was harsh with the president of İTEO
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Sözlerim ne taksi emekçisi ne de plaka sahiplerine, yalnizca sanadir @eyupaksu24… pic.twitter.com/xYWGVtmLAa— OguzAlperOktem (@OguzAlperOktem) November 15, 2022
Martı CEO Oğuz Alper Öktem shared a video on the subject on his Twitter account today. In the video shared with the words “response to the threat”, the famous entrepreneur spoke harshly to Eyüp Aksu, the president of İTEO, and touched on the recent events. While addressing the taxi drivers, Öktem added that the carpool (car sharing) service that we came across with TAG has been used abroad for a long time. You can reach the entire video, which is on the agenda on social media in a short time, above.
So what do you think about this debate between the two sides? You can share your thoughts in the comments.
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