Delivery app Getir’s rise and fall fuelled by billions of dollars and strategy conflicts

A courier picks up an order at a dark store of the fast grocery deliverer Getir in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Feb 8, 2022. For those who once enjoyed its services in Europe, its eye-catching yellow and purple delivery scooters are set to become a pandemic memory. — Reuters

For Nazim Salur, it’s the end of a nearly decade-long dream to build a global delivery powerhouse out of Turkey.

Getir, the rapid grocery app Salur cofounded from Istanbul in 2015, last week confirmed it will exit its remaining international operations.