Electric Scooter Apps in Turkey: Operators, Prices and Riding Rules

Start with BinBin, Hop, Martı and Tazı, then narrow the choice to your actual route. The useful app is the one that lets you register, has a suitable scooter nearby and allows you to finish where you need to go. Only then compare the full fare. A low minute rate is little help if the nearest permitted parking point is far from your destination.

Checked 1 October 2026. This guide compares official operator information; it is not a hands-on ride test or a live fleet map. Prices, identity checks and parking zones must be confirmed in the app.

Choose an app for the trip you want

• Visiting without a Turkish identity number? BinBin publishes a foreign-user registration route. Hop’s developer says a Turkish identity number is required. Check this before adding money or walking to a scooter.
• Looking in Istanbul, Ankara or Izmir? Hop names all three on its website. Martı’s dated fleet report includes Istanbul and Izmir, but combines scooters with other two-wheel vehicles. Select the right vehicle in the app.
• Staying in Antalya? Hop and BinBin list the city; Martı includes it in that mixed-fleet report. This does not mean every neighbourhood or beach promenade is covered.
• Planning several rides? Check passes after your account and route work. Compare the total pass cost with rides you will actually take before the pass expires.

For a short connection to public transport, a scooter may be practical. For luggage, a passenger, steep or unsuitable roads, rain or a destination outside the permitted zone, choose another way to travel. A seaside path or route suggested for a car is not automatically a legal scooter route.

The scooter apps and their important differences

Martı

Martı brings several types of transport into one app. Make sure you are choosing a standing electric scooter; a moped, electric bike or TAG ride has different conditions. Use the official Martı app download page for the current iOS and Android links.

Its 2025 fleet report places the combined scooter, electric-bike and electric-moped fleet in Istanbul, Izmir and Antalya as of 31 December 2025. That is useful background, not proof that each vehicle type is available in every city today. Do not use the much larger TAG ride-hailing footprint as a scooter coverage map.

The Martı ride and payment help explains locating a vehicle and starting through its QR code. Check the selected vehicle’s battery, quote and finishing instructions before unlocking. Promotional credit and referrals are worth checking in your own account, but an old advertised reward is not a guaranteed saving. We found different penalty amounts in Martı’s help and terms, so this guide does not present either set as a current fine list.

Hop

Hop’s city list and app links name Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Eskişehir, Antalya, Konya, Bodrum and Marmaris. Use the map to check your precise start and end points rather than treating the whole city as one service area.

Check identity requirements first. In a 7 September 2026 reply from Hop’s developer, the company says registration requires a T.C. identity number and email verification. A short-term visitor with only a passport should not assume they can register. The same reply says card details are handled through Masterpass; that is not a promise that every foreign card or phone number will work.

Hop’s FAQ describes a card authorization hold and says you cannot lock the scooter outside the service area. Its membership terms are stricter about crossing boundaries than the FAQ, so stay inside the permitted zone. At the end, follow the app’s lock and photo steps and check that billing has stopped.

BinBin

BinBin’s Turkish city listings include Adana, Antalya, Bursa, Eskişehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Sakarya and Samsun. The site also describes international operations. Neither those overseas cities nor a form asking where people want scooters proves service for a particular Turkish trip, airport or terminal.

BinBin’s registration and ride help gives foreign users a route involving a passport number, an identity-document photo and a selfie, followed by valid payment details. Confirm the documents accepted in the app. It also says one account rents one scooter at a time, allows payment from a saved card or wallet balance, and shows the unlock and minute price before starting.

For parking, BinBin distinguishes allowed, reduced-speed and no-parking zones. Ending involves the finish command, locking and a photo. If completion fails, check connectivity and contact in-app live help. That documented visitor route makes BinBin worth checking early; it does not guarantee account approval, card acceptance or a nearby scooter.

Tazı

Tazı’s official site and app links cover scooters and electric bikes. Its broad city-count headline mixes those products, so we have not turned it into a scooter-only map. The FAQ’s specific instructions for parking points in Çanakkale are a useful city reference. Elsewhere, rely on the current app map.

Tazı offers packages, but an attractive bundle is only useful if its included time, unlocks and validity suit your plans. Read the Tazı account and payment conditions before paying: rider age, adult account membership and a guardian route are separate matters. The terms also describe a preliminary security charge. Do not assume it is the same as a temporary bank hold or add it automatically to the ride fare.

Start by checking registration, payment and legal parking. Then compare any package with ordinary billing, including what happens to unused value. We could not verify a universal foreign-card policy or a package that is always cheapest.

FENIX and Palm: a historical listing

The earlier version of this guide included Palm/FENIX. The FENIX Turkish website remains a reference, but we could not verify current shared-scooter availability in named Turkish service zones. Its personal MyRIDE subscription is a different product from picking up a street scooter for a minute-priced trip.

Keep this as historical context, not a fifth confirmed choice in the calculator. Do not prepay or plan an essential connection around the old entry without checking current service directly.

What about smaller scooter apps?

Earlier lists named Biri, Gez, Hey!, Mobi, Scooby and Tin Tin. Their inclusion in an old article does not establish current operations, and we have not labelled them active or closed without reliable evidence. If you see a different branded scooter, follow its verified operator information and check the app publisher, service area, payment terms and support before signing up.

Can tourists use scooter apps in Turkey?

Sometimes, but there is no single tourist-registration rule across the apps. BinBin documents a foreign-user path; Hop’s current developer statement presents a Turkish-ID barrier. For Martı and Tazı, confirm your eligibility in the current signup flow rather than assuming a foreign passport, phone number or bank card will be accepted.

1. Set up the account before the trip. Check whether you can receive the verification message, complete the identity checks and read the current age and membership terms.
2. Check payment before topping up. A rejected card can involve the issuer, authentication or the operator’s acceptance rules. Having Masterpass or an international card brand does not by itself confirm access.
3. Keep mobile data and battery available. You need the map and may need the camera, lock connection and support to finish. Avoid starting with a nearly empty phone.
4. Use the official app for identity documents. The comparison tool here only needs fare numbers. Never enter a passport, identity number, phone number or payment details into it.

How much does a scooter ride cost?

The relevant price is the quote for the scooter you select just before unlocking. A nationwide average or a converted dollar rate can conceal city differences, packages and additional charges. This guide leaves unverified prices blank.

The basic estimate is unlock fee + billable minutes × minute rate + confirmed extras. Include time spent finding legal parking and successfully ending the rental. If the app charges a minimum fare, reservation fee or a separate pause rate, follow those conditions too. Do not round up to a whole minute unless that is how the actual tariff bills you.

Published arithmetic example, not a current quote: BinBin’s Adana page displays 2.99 TL to unlock and 3.69 TL per minute, with no effective date. At 15 minutes, that is 2.99 + 15 × 3.69 = 58.34 TL before any other applicable charges. The example button loads those figures only when you ask; replace them with the app quote before budgeting.

A card authorization temporarily reduces the money or credit available to you. A wallet top-up purchases app balance. A preliminary charge may be an actual debit. They are not interchangeable, and none should be counted twice as ride expense. Check the operator’s explanation and your bank’s record if a payment appears twice.

Use the Turkpidya currency converter to translate a lira estimate into your travel budget. Your bank’s rate, foreign-transaction fee and the timing of a charge or refund can change the amount on your statement.

When is a pass worth buying?

Compare the pass price plus likely overage with the total for the same planned rides without it. Count only included minutes and unlocks you can use before expiry; unused credit has no travel value to you. Check per-ride limits, cities, vehicle categories, refund terms and whether a pause consumes the allowance. A wallet bonus is not necessarily a refundable discount, and a referral offer is useful only if you meet its current conditions.

For two people, price two scooters and check account rules. A group feature, where offered, does not permit two riders on one standing scooter. For an occasional visitor, a small number of ordinary rides may be easier to manage than prepaid credit you cannot use.

Where can you ride and park?

These points concern standing electric scooters, not every seated electric vehicle shown in a mobility app. The government’s scooter riding rules say:

• Use a cycle lane or cycle path where one is available
• Do not ride on pedestrian ways or sidewalks, and do not carry a passenger
• Do not use motorways, intercity highways or roads with a speed limit above 50 km/h
• Park without obstructing pedestrians, disabled access or traffic

The standing-scooter category is defined with a maximum speed of 25 km/h. That is not permission to travel at that speed everywhere: local restrictions, signs and app zones can require less. The Transport Ministry’s December 2025 update explains stronger geofencing and in-app information about prices and restricted areas. Geofencing means the app uses location to limit where a vehicle works. A low-speed return mode in a restricted area does not make that area an approved route.

For the statutory standing-scooter category, the Highway Traffic Law’s age and licence provision sets a minimum age of 15 without a driving-licence requirement. Rental membership or guardian conditions may be stricter. Wear a helmet, follow the operator’s equipment requirements, ride alone and sober, and slow down for conditions. We are not presenting a complete legal audit or a current schedule of fines.

Check the scooter before starting

Before you unlock, examine the tyres, brakes, lights, handlebar and visible damage. Check that the battery is adequate for the permitted route and that you can understand the controls. Report a damaged vehicle in the app and choose another. Do not start a paid ride just to discover whether registration or payment works.

Check the destination on the parking map while you still have time to change plans. A legal street, a permitted riding zone and an accepted parking point are three different things. A scooter being left somewhere by another rider does not show that you may leave yours there.

End the ride without leaving the timer running

1. Check the permitted parking point. Use the current map and any required marked bay; allow time to reach it.
2. Park considerately. Leave ramps, tactile paving, doorways, crossings, bus stops and the walking route clear. Stabilize the scooter as instructed.
3. Follow the app’s finish sequence. This can include a finish button, lock and photo. The order depends on the operator and vehicle.
4. Wait for confirmation. Make sure the active ride has ended and keep the receipt. A parked or apparently locked scooter is not enough on its own.

If the app will not end your ride

Stay somewhere safe. Check the service/parking zone, your connection and the requested lock or photo step. Contact in-app support promptly if the ride is still active. Keep the scooter ID, start and attempted finish times, screenshots and a photo showing its parked position. BinBin’s help specifically suggests checking internet access, restarting the app and using live help when completion fails.

Ask the operator to review extra time that was charged and retain its response. A refund is not automatic, and posting a complaint does not stop a running timer. Check the receipt and bank record afterward so you can distinguish the ride charge from an unresolved hold or separate wallet payment.

How this comparison was checked

We used official operator pages, account and payment terms, the operator’s own app-store replies, Martı’s dated fleet disclosure and government sources on 1 October 2026. Where sources conflict or give no effective date, the article says so. We did not create accounts, test foreign cards, obtain live in-app quotes or ride the scooters. The city filter shows evidence worth checking, never a promise of availability. The linked app map and quote remain essential before every trip.