PodcastIstanbul’s glorious 19th century Çırağan Palace vandalized with writings
The 19th-century overpass and gates connecting Istanbul's Çırağan Palace and Yıldız Palace have been vandalized with graffiti, writings along with carvings by passersby and tourists.
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The marble overpass and gates connecting Yıldız Palace and Çırağan Palace in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district, completed in the 19th century, have been damaged by graffiti and carvings made by passersby and tourists.
Dates, names, poems, social media accounts, etc. were written on the historical structure with pencils, graffiti paintings along with several scrapings.
Archaeologist Ömer Faruk Yavaşçay, who examined the structure and mentioned its historical and touristic significance, emphasized that measures should be taken with security cameras around the gate against destruction, according to Demirören News Agency (DHA).
Yavaş stated that the structure needs restoration and added that with special lighting and landscaping, the 150-year-old historical passage would be preserved better.
Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz built Çırağan Palace on the seaside in Beşiktaş district in 1871, and in the following years, Abdülhamid II took the throne and decided to live in Yıldız Palace, which was not far away.