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By shared taxi (Dolmuş) Dolmuş (Turkish: "full") is a shared taxi, travelling on a fixed route, which costs more than a city autobus but less than a normal taxi. They can carry up to 8 passengers and may only take cash. They carry a Dolmuş sign on top. They will only start driving from their terminal when all eight seats are full, which is also where the name derives from, but can be hailed along their route to fill in a spot from a passenger who previously dismounted. The main and most important routes for dolmuşes are : Taksim–Eminönü (Taksim stop, near the Atatürk Cultural Centre, in Taksim square) Taksim–Kadıköy Taksim–Bostanci Taksim–Aksaray (Taksim stop, Tarlabasi Avenue, close to Taksim square) Kadıköy–Bostanci (Bostanci stop, in front of the Bostanci ferry port) Taksim–Tesvikiye (Taksim stop, in front of Patisserie Gezi, in Taksim square) Beşiktaş–Nisantasi (Beşiktaş stop, in front of the Beşiktaş - Üsküdar ferry port) Kadıköy–Üsküdar (Üsküdar stop, Near the Üsküdar - Beşiktaş and Üsküdar - Kabataş ferry port) If you want the driver to make a stop, you can say İnecek var. (EE-neh-djek war! -- Someone's getting out.) or Müsait bir…

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