Taxi medallion owners can cry me a river. Hell, whole idea of holly "yellow taxi" concept can go to drain. Here in Turkey, especially in İstanbul, taxis and pr

Taxi medallion owners can cry me a river. Hell, whole idea of holly "yellow taxi" concept can go to drain. Here in Turkey, especially in İstanbul, taxis and private mini-bus transportation business is a big racket as well. Taxis are over priced and medallion (here they call it "plate") prices are extremely high. Taxi drivers are not the owners and they must pay a big sum of what they earn to medallion owners daily basis (A single taxi can bring $5-10k revenue a month to medallion owner in a busy district). As expected, this created illegal taxi business and taxi unions are trying to destroy them. Mini-bus racket forbids nice inter-city buses carrying passengers to mid-length distances so that people are forced to take their shitty over crowded mini buses. We need high tech, easily taxed, easy entrance taxi business here badly.