Draft:Dingo's Barn

Dingo's Barn (Turkish:Dingo'nun Ahırı) was a barn located in Taksim, Istanbul. The barn opened to service in 1872, and it was one of the busiest barns used for horse-trams in the Şişhane-Kurtuluş tram line.

Review waiting, please be patient. This may take 2 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 4,275 pending submissions waiting for review. If the submission is accepted, then this page will be moved into the article space. If the submission is declined, then the reason will be posted here. In the meantime, you can continue to improve this submission by editing normally. Where to get help If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews. If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed. How to improve a draft Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia. Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Add tags to your draft Editor resources Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs Reviewer tools Instructions · What links here · Dingo's Barn (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 13 days ago by Bibibop (talk: D · +) · Last edited 13 days ago by KylieTastic

The name of the barn comes from the operator of the barn, Dingo. Dingo was of Rum origin, and used to frequently get drunk on the job, which caused him to neglect his duties and take records of the horses that came into the barn. Due to his lack of control over the barn, it was devoid of order, people and horses would come in and out without any record.^[1]

Due to the introduction of electric trams to İstanbul in 1914, the barn fell out of use and was closed down. According to urban stories, after this date Dingo moved to İzmir to look after the Greek army horses.^[2] Later, the maintenance of electric trams were conducted in the place Dingo's barn was situated.^[3] When electric trams became replaced by battery-powered T2 (Istanbul Tram) the atelier shut down as well. Today, the Taksim Mosque is located in the location of Dingo's barn.

Trivia In Turkey, people use dingo's barn to refer to busy places where people constantly waltz in and out. The expression "Dingo'nun ahırı mı burası?" ("Is this Dingo's barn?") is used against people who enter unannounced.^[4]