[gernb]

I got scammed 4 times in 24hrs when I was in Istanbul. I ranted about it on my Facebook. A Turkish friend claimed it was part of Turkish culture. If you can take advantage of someone it's their fault they got taken advantage of and your lauded skills that allowed you to.

I have no idea if that's actually true but it that's what he told me.

[riekus]

Same here, in Istanbul we almost got in a huge fight because they tried charging us like couple hunderd dollars for a simple haircut. Also cab drivers fucked us over every single time.

[PakG1]

With the way currency is managed in Turkey over the last few years, I imagine the incentive for such behaviour will increase, rather than decrease.