Freedom Monument ( tour: Hürriyet Anıtı ) - a memorial in honor of the soldiers who died during the defense of the Ottoman Empire from monarchist forces during the counter-coup in 1909, the victims of the March 31 incident are especially noted. It is located in Sisli district , in Istanbul ( Turkey ).
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The monument was unveiled in 1911, on the second anniversary of the March 31 incident. The complex also houses the graves of four prominent Ottoman high-ranking officials whose remains were moved here at a later time. The monument, considered today as a symbol of modernity, democracy and secularism in Turkey [1] , sometimes serves as a place for official ceremonies and public gatherings.
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Description
The monument is located on the highest hill (130 m above sea level) of Istanbul's Sisli region, known as the Hill of Eternal Freedom ( tour: Hürriyet-I Ebediye Tepesi ) (literally the Eternal Freedom Hill). Now it is located in a triangular region bordering the three main highways connecting Shishli and Chaglayan [2] .
The project of the monument was designed by the famous Ottoman architect Muzaffer Bey, who won the corresponding architectural competition. The monument, erected in the years 1909-1911, is made in the form of a barrel of a cannon shooting at the sky and mounted on an equilateral triangular base. The names of the soldiers buried here are carved on both sides of the marble base. The monument surrounds the tugra of Sultan Mehmed V Reshat. The monument is located in the center of the park with paths forming a pentagonal star surrounded by a circle, symbolizing the star and crescent on the Ottoman flag .
Burials
On the territory of the monument, 74 soldiers were killed who died during the March 31 incident . The state ceremony of burial of their remains took place on July 23, 1911.
Later, the remains of four high-ranking officials of the Ottoman Empire were moved here:
- Midhat Pasha , one of the creators of the first Ottoman constitution of 1876 and the great vizier , died in exile in the Arabian city of Et-Taif .
- Mahmoud Shevket Pasha , who led the Army of Action ( Hareket Ordusu ) during the suppression of the putsch of 1909, then the great vizier , was killed in 1913.
- Mehmed Talaat Pasha , Minister of the Interior and Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, assassinated in 1921. His remains were brought in 1943 from Berlin ( Germany ).
- Enver Pasha , Minister of War and Chief of General Staff of the Ottoman Empire during World War I , killed in Turkestan , whose remains were brought here in 1996 from Tajikistan [3]
Point of Attraction
This venue serves as the venue for demonstrations in Istanbul for democracy and civil rights. Labor Day demonstrations organized by unions took place around this place many years after the 1977 Taksim Square massacre .
Sisli District Logo
The view of the monument is displayed in the logo of the Sisli municipality used by its authorities [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Denizce Archived on April 6, 2007. (tour.)
- ↑ Wikimapia . Circulation date May 26, 2019.
- ↑ Uslanmam-History of the Republic Archived copy of January 13, 2019 on the Wayback Machine (tour)
- ↑ Denizce Archived on April 6, 2007. (tour.)