Talk:Istanbul/Golden Horn

Could anyone local snap a pic of one of the electric gondalas and add it? —The preceding comment was added by Chidgk1 (talk • contribs)

Do you know if these are gondolas in the sense of a boat, or a cable car? There is a cable car (teleferik) that runs from Eyüp, which there are photos of on Commons.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 08:59, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

They are boat gondalas. Apparently the originals were called Kancabaş (hook prow) https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/expat-corner/fun-fall-activities-during-covid-19-5-ways-to-enjoy-istanbul-outside says "nostalgic gondola-like replicas of the Ottoman boats referred to as Kancabaş" Anyway we enjoyed one on our visit to Istanbul. Hope you can try them soon. Chidgk1 (talk) 05:28, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

@Chidgk1: OK, thanks for clarifying. I've not yet been to Istanbul, but when I googled "gondola Eyup", the results I got were of the teleferik (which I would never call a "gondola", by the way, as for me that means a Venetian-type boat, but I know that some dialects of English do use the term "gondola" for an aerial vehicle suspended from cables). Pity you didn't get a picture of the kancabaş while you were there, as you could have uploaded to Commons! --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 11:12, 18 April 2021 (UTC)