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0 Euro - Şanliurfa - Göbekli Tepe
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents the ancient circular stone enclosures of Göbekli Tepe, one of the world's earliest known megalithic sanctuaries, rendered in detailed engraved style. Inscriptions ŞANLIURFA - GÖBEKLI TEPE and EUROSOUVENIR appear above and below the vignette, with the denomination 0 EURO at left. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0 € EURO SOUV ENIR IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE |
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Göbekli Tepe, located near Şanlıurfa in southeastern Turkey, was built roughly 11,600 years ago — predating Stonehenge by around 6,000 years and overturning the long-held assumption that monumental construction required settled agricultural societies. The site's excavation, begun by Klaus Schmidt in 1994, forced a significant rethink of the Neolithic timeline.
The EuroSouvenir programme, administered under licence from the European Central Bank, permits non-eurozone entities to issue legal-tender zero-denomination notes for the collector market. Turkey's inclusion reflects the programme's loose geographic remit — participation hinges on cultural tourism interest, not EU membership. Oberthur Fiduciaire printed the series in France to full security-note specification.