• These wonderful beasts are the Dolmus taxis of Istanbul.
7th July 1988, Page 31
7th July 1988
Page 31
Page 31, 7th July 1988
— • These wonderful beasts are the Dolmus taxis of Istanbul.
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Dolmus is not a sticky sweetmeat you buy down at the local Stavros kebab shop but, I am assured, is Turkish for "full".
The 1940 and 1950 Dodges, Chryslers, Chevrolet and Oldsmobiles work rather like the high-frequency hail-and-ride minibuses of Britain's deregulated bus business. They do not move until they are full and then they travel round a set route. One of the Hawk's minions fancied a spin in a superb