Turkey's fauna-themed kuruş series, launched in 2021, marked a rare instance of the subunit denomination being revived for collector purposes after years of practical irrelevance — the kuruş had effectively vanished from everyday commerce following Turkey's currency redenomination in 2005, which stripped six zeros from the lira and reset the fractional coinage entirely.
Turkey's fauna-themed kuruş series, launched in 2021, marked a rare instance of the subunit denomination being revived for collector purposes after years of practical irrelevance — the kuruş had effectively vanished from everyday commerce following Turkey's currency redenomination in 2005, which stripped six zeros from the lira and reset the fractional coinage entirely.