The dolmush is another means of public transport . They are point to point shared taxis or minibuses that are used usually to travel to places outside the city center . You can also flag down a dolmush anywhere on their route and get in if you can not get it from its departure point . Destination place is placed on the front window of the dolmush . You can pay fares in cash and payment is usually made after getting in . Available popular point-to-point routes are Taksim to Teşvikiye , Bostanci , Kadıköy , Bakırköy , Yeşilköy , Kadıköy to Bostancı . The large squarish minibuses are the poorer cousins to the dolmush operating in the same manner . The main minibus line runs from Beşiktaş to the business centers in Balmumcu , Gayrettepe , Levent , Maslak and back down to the Bosphorus at Sarıyer .