A Stairway to A Democratic Heaven? Inadvertently these stairs turned into a voice against authoritarianism. “I didn’t do it for a group or as a form of activism. I did it to make people smile,” Cetinel told the Turkish media. He had simply tried to beautify his own neighborhood, and he succeeded in doing more than that. The stairs were painted over grey by the gov The next day.  Then instead of Fists shaking in the air. It was colorful paintbrushes to the stares. all over Turkey