I found a Greek taxi driver in NYC, born and raised there. His family spent $650,000 to buy a NYC taxi medallion in ~2010. He was great to work with.
So is the crime in Turkey driving an Uber without paying off city officials, or competing against the local taxi drivers and officials that run a black market economy?
Both, and is doesn't help that UBER was founded by Jews, the islamics are not fond of them at all.
When I drove, medallions were worth about 90-100 grand.
Getting ripped off by cab drivers in the third world is a BIG problem and is one of the main reasons UBER is growing like crazy.
What I take exception to is them coming into an established market and and putting everyone else out of business without compensating them.