u/Born_Television_6728

when is istanbul police actually going to deal with the shoeshine scam guys?

saw this happen again today near galata.. guy drops the brush “by accident”, tourist picks it up trying to be nice, next thing you know he’s cleaning the shoes and asking for money (1500 lira 😭)

worst part is you can literally see they target confused tourists on purpose. feels like every person visiting istanbul hears about this scam at some point so i genuinely don’t get how nobody stops them.. do locals just completely ignore these guys now?

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u/Born_Television_6728 — 6 days ago