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1 Kuruş Göktürk Khanate
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the denomination '1 KURUŞ' flanked by a crescent and star, the national symbols of Turkey, all enclosed within a beaded circle and framed by laurel sprigs. The circular legend 'TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ' runs along the upper periphery, with the date '2015' appearing in the lower portion of the design. |
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| Reverse lettering | BÜYÜK TÜRK DEVLETLERİ 552 - 743 GÖKTÜRK İMPARATORLUĞU |
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This piece belongs to Turkey's 2015 commemorative series honoring historical Turkic states, issued by the Turkish State Mint to trace a political lineage from the Göktürk Khanate of the 6th–8th centuries through to the modern Republic. The Göktürks were the first Turkic polity to use the word "Türk" as a political ethnonym, and their runic script — the Old Turkic alphabet — is among the earliest written records of any Turkic language. The series was a deliberate act of national historiography, extending Turkey's claimed heritage well beyond the Ottoman period.