Rainbow stairs | |
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The staircase in 2023 | |
Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
Coordinates: 41°01′45″N 28°59′11″E / 41.0291°N 28.9864°E |
The "rainbow stairs" (or sometimes "rainbow steps") refer to a rainbow-painted staircase in Beyoğlu, in Istanbul, Turkey.
Huseyin Cetinel, a retired forestry engineer, originally painted a rainbow on the Salıpazarı ramp connecting the Fındıklı/ Karaköy and Cihangir neighborhoods in 2013. He spent a week painting the rainbow with his son-in-law. Days later, the staircase was painted grey, [1] prompting activists to re-paint the rainbow there as well as others throughout the city. [2] [3] Activism was not the artist's intent, [4] [5] but the steps became popular with the LGBT community and tourists. The staircase was destroyed as part of a demolition project in 2015, [6] [7] and repainted.
Rainbow stairs | |
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The staircase in 2023 | |
Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
Coordinates: 41°01′45″N 28°59′11″E / 41.0291°N 28.9864°E |
The "rainbow stairs" (or sometimes "rainbow steps") refer to a rainbow-painted staircase in Beyoğlu, in Istanbul, Turkey.
Huseyin Cetinel, a retired forestry engineer, originally painted a rainbow on the Salıpazarı ramp connecting the Fındıklı/ Karaköy and Cihangir neighborhoods in 2013. He spent a week painting the rainbow with his son-in-law. Days later, the staircase was painted grey, [1] prompting activists to re-paint the rainbow there as well as others throughout the city. [2] [3] Activism was not the artist's intent, [4] [5] but the steps became popular with the LGBT community and tourists. The staircase was destroyed as part of a demolition project in 2015, [6] [7] and repainted.