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1 500 000 Lira 1st World Air Games
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1997 - Proof - 2,300 |
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The 1st World Air Games were held in Turkey in 1997 — a sprawling multi-discipline event organized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale covering everything from hang gliding to skydiving across several venues around Antalya. Turkey's selection as host was a deliberate push to internationalize the country's sporting profile during a period of active EU candidacy lobbying. The Darphane issued commemoratives aggressively through the 1990s, and this piece is among dozens of silver issues from that decade targeting collector markets rather than circulation.