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Rainbow Stairs - Istanbul Turkey Photograph by Debra Martz - Pixels

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Rainbow Stairs - Istanbul Turkey is a photograph by Debra Martz which was uploaded on January 29th, 2020. The photograph may be purchased as wall art, home decor, apparel, phone cases, greeting cards, and more. All products are produced on-demand and shipped worldwide within 2 - 3 business days.
Rainbow Stairs - Istanbul Turkey by Debra MartzOn August 27, 2013 a retired local resident, Huseyin Celikel, set out to paint the 200+ steps leading from F??nd??kl?? to Cihangir in rainbow colors. He did not intend for it to be a political statement; he just wanted to brighten people's day. At first, Celikel painted only three of the steps, but then, after positive comments from passers-by, he decided to paint them all. Four days and nearly $800 in paint supplies, all the stairs were painted with the help of an assistant. Soon, residents were posing for pictures on these colorful steps. But the cheerful and colorful moment was short lived. On Aug. 30th the local municipality quickly took action and repainted the stairs to their original cement grey. The greying of the steps triggered protests and calls to repaint the Findikli stairs in bright colors. Istanbul's Beyo??lu municipality repainted the rainbow steps in the F??kd??kl??-Cihangir neighborhood in the early morning of Aug. 31, only a day after they had painted over them in grey. Soon many people across Turkey took to brightly painting stairs in their cities.?(C)Debra Martz, All Rights ReservedIn My Galleries/CollectionsTurkeyDigital Art Photography2020-20150302-DSC_1805-Edit.tif