My recent experience in Istanbul
I was in Istanbul last week and had limited time to practice the hobby. I visited the regular spots that are covered on this board and didn't have any problems.
On Wednesday Seranda was going strong, lots of girls, mostly Romanians, but some Ukranians and Russians as well. Entrance to disco is 25 YTL, payed 100YTL for two hours to Sveta from Simferopol, and she ended up staying until morning with me. Hotel is 60 YTL.
On Thursday I checked Balance Disco at the Altinisik Hotel. There were only Romanians. Some of them were really beautiful. The Turkish guy I shared my table with told that Russians/Ukrainians are not showing up these days in Balance because of the police crackdown. Since I am not keen on Romanians I moved to Gold Can, which was dead. There were only 2-3 Uzbek looking girls and some ugly girls from Moldova. I left to Irmak after a beer.
In Irmak, each time you invite a girl the waiter brings a lady drink and some stupid chocolates. If you don't want to get ripped off eventually, invite a girl to your table only if you are seriously interested. Irmak has mostly Moldovan girls and some Ukranians. I have been quoted $100 for two hours by a Russian girl from Vladimir, which is too much for Irmak. I took a Moldovan girl for 80 YTL for two hours. Irmak has the cheapest girls, although many of them are dogs, but there are some pearls to be found. And they usually end up staying longer and let you have a bonus fuck if you treat them right. The disadvantage of Irmak is that most girls don't dance and one doesn't get to see what he is exactly getting. In this respect, Seranda, Bacardi and Balance are better.
Overall I really despise the Aksaray scene. You ask for a beer and the retarded Kurdish waiter first lays zillions of napkins on your table in slow motion before giving you your beer, and doing so implies that you should tip him. Once in a while he shows up and moves your fork from left to right for no reason or lays some more napkins or does some other shit for tip. I never tipped these annoying assholes.