State of Turkey (1922-1923), Republic of Turkey (1923-present)
Country in Anatolia
Location: Anatolia, Southeast Balkans
Capital City: Constantinople (1922-1923, now Istanbul), Ankara (1923-present)
Government type: Provisional Government (1922-1923), Republic (1923-present)
Main languages: Turkish, Kurdish
Main religions: Sunni Islam
Chronology
1922: Ottoman Sultanate abolished, State of Turkey supercedes Ottoman Empire
1923: Treaty of Lausanne ends the Turkish War of Independence and recognizes the Grand National Assembly as Turkey's Government, republic formally proclaimed
Currency
Old Lira (1923-2005)
1 Lira = 100 Kuruş = 4000 Para
New Lira (2005-present)
1 Lira = 100 Kuruş
Coins from Turkey in the collection
•1 Kuruş, 1944 (cupronickel, KM#867)
•1 Kuruş, 1961 (brass, Istanbul mint, KM#895)
•1 Kuruş, 1963 (brass, Istanbul mint, KM#895)
•1 Kuruş, 1965 (bronze, Istanbul mint, KM#895a)
•1 Kuruş, 1966 (bronze, Istanbul mint, KM#895a)
•1 Kuruş, 1967 (bronze, Istanbul mint, KM#895a)
•1 Kuruş, 1968 (bronze, Istanbul mint, KM#895a)
•1 Kuruş, 1970 (bronze, Istanbul mint, KM#895a)
•5 Kuruş, 1938 (cupronickel, KM#862)
•5 Kuruş, 1950 (brass, Istanbul mint, KM#887)
•5 Kuruş, 1955 (brass, Istanbul mint, KM#887)
•5 Kuruş, 1956 (brass, Istanbul mint, KM#887)
•5 Kuruş, 1963 (cupronickel, Istanbul mint, KM#890.1)
•5 Kuruş, 1965 (cupronickel, Istanbul mint, KM#890.1)
•5 Kuruş, 1968 (cupronickel, Istanbul mint, KM#890.1)
•5 Kuruş, 1969 (cupronickel, Istanbul mint, KM#890.2)
•5 Kuruş, 1970 (cupronickel, Istanbul mint, KM#890.2)
•5 Kuruş, 1975 (aluminum, Istanbul mint, KM#906) Commemorative: FAO
•5 Kuruş, 1977 (aluminum, Istanbul mint, KM#890a)
•10 Kuruş, 1937 (cupronickel, KM#863)
•10 Kuruş, 1938 (cupronickel, KM#863)
•10 Kuruş, 1951 (brass, KM#888)
•10 Kuruş, 1955 (brass, KM#888)
•10 Kuruş, 1961 (bronze, Istanbul mint, KM#891)
•10 Kuruş, 1967 (bronze, Istanbul mint, KM#891)
•10 Kuruş, 1975 (aluminum, Istanbul mint, KM#898a) Commemorative: FAO
•25 Kuruş, 1925 (nickel, KM#833)
•25 Kuruş, 1935 (silver (.830), KM#864)
•25 Kuruş, 1966 (acmonital, Istanbul mint, KM#892)
•25 Kuruş, 1968 (acmonital, Istanbul mint, KM#892)
•25 Kuruş, 1969 (acmonital, Istanbul mint, KM#892)
•25 Kuruş, 1970 (acmonital, Istanbul mint, KM#892)
•1 Lira, 1968 (acmonital, Istanbul mint, KM#889a)
•2.5 Lira, 1970 (acmonital, Istanbul mint, KM#893.2)
•2.5 Lira, 1974 (acmonital, Istanbul mint, KM#893.2)
•5 Lira, 1981 (aluminum, KM#944)
•5 Lira, 1982 (aluminum, KM#949.1)
•100 Lira, 1989 (brass, Istanbul mint, KM#988)
•1,000 Lira, 1991 (nickel brass, KM#997)
•5,000 Lira, 1992 (nickel brass, KM#1025)
•5,000 Lira, 1998 (brass, Istanbul mint, KM#1029.1)
•10,000 Lira, 1994 (nickel brass, KM#1027)
•10,000 Lira, 1998 (nickel brass, KM#1027)
•25,000 Lira, 1998 (nickel brass, Istanbul mint, KM#1041)
•50,000 Lira, 1997 (nickel brass, KM#1056)
•50,000 Lira, 1999 (aluminum, Istanbul mint, KM#1103) Commemorative: FAO
•100,000 Lira, 2000 (nickel brass, KM#1078) Commemorative: 75th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey
•100,000 Lira, 2002 (nickel brass, KM#1106)
•250,000 Lira, 2002 (nickel brass, KM#1137)
•500,000 Lira, 1998 (cupronickel, KM#1138) Commemorative(?): Also says 2 Euros on it? No idea what this is.
•500,000 Lira, 2002 (cupronickel, KM#1161) Commemorative: FAO
•750,000 Lira, 1998 (brass, KM#1068) Commemorative: Forestry
•750,000 Lira, 2002 (cupronickel, KM#1162) Commemorative: FAO
•5 Kuruş, 2010 (nickel brass, KM#1240)
•10 Kuruş, 2009 (nickel brass, KM#1241)
•25 Kuruş, 2008 (nickel brass, KM#1167)
•25 Kuruş, 2010 (nickel brass, KM#1242)
•50 Kuruş, 2009 (nickel brass center in nickel brass ring, KM#1243)
•1 Lira, 2005 (nickel brass center in nickel brass ring, KM#1169)
•1 Lira, 2009 (cupronickel center in brass ring, KM#1244)
Banknotes from Turkey in the collection
•5 Lira, 1976 (P#185)
•10 Lira, 1975 (P#180)
•10 Lira, 1979 (P#192)
•1,000 Lira, 1988 (P#192)
•20,000,000 Lira, 2001 (P#192)
•5 Lira, 2009 (P#222a)