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The Monument of Liberty (Turkish: Hürriyet Anıtı; Ottoman Turkish: Abide-i Hürriyet) located in the Şişli district of Istanbul Turkey is a memorial in honor of the soldiers killed defending the Ottoman parliament against reactionary forces during the 1909 countercoup against the constitutionalists most notably in the 31 March Incident.The Tanzimat reforms which began in 1839 along with other subsequent liberalization processes were strongly opposed by conservatives in the Ottoman Empire.
