The mobility startup Martı, known for its electric scooter rental service, recently announced its TAG (Let’s Go With One Vehicle) service. After the announcement of the service, Istanbul Istanbul Taxi Drivers’ Chamber of Craftsmen accused the giant enterprise of ‘piracy’ and stated that it initiated legal action. Martı CEO Oğuz Alper Öktem reacted harshly to the president of İTEO with a video he shared.
Electric scooter rental startup founded in 2019 Seagull, has managed to grow rapidly in a short time and 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 the last days. While Istanbul Taxi Chamber of Tradesmen accused the company of ‘piracy’, Martı founder and CEO From Oğuz Alper Öktem the answer has come. 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,piracy’ allegations were included. ITEO in this post; about seagull legal proceedings He stated that it was launched and that necessary attempts were made to all official institutions to cancel it.
Also president of ITEO Eyup Aksu He 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
Martı CEO Oğuz Alper Öktem shared a video on the subject on his Twitter account today. ‘Response to the threat‘, the famous entrepreneur spoke harshly to İTEO President Eyüp Aksu and touched on the recent events. While Öktem addressed the taxi drivers, he 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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