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10 000 000 Lira TRT Radios
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Reverse lettering | Ankara İstanbul İzmir Çukurova Antalya Erzurum GAP Diyarbakır Trabzon Hatay TRT 75. yılı TRT Radyoları |
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| Mintage | 2002 - Proof - 1,023 |
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Turkey's 2002 commemorative for TRT — the state broadcaster founded in 1964 — arrived at an awkward historical moment. The country was in the tail end of a catastrophic economic collapse: the 2001 financial crisis had wiped out roughly 40% of the lira's value practically overnight, forcing the government to float the currency and accept an IMF rescue package. Issuing a 10,000,000 lira face value coin was not hyperbole; it was arithmetic.
TRT's radio services had by this point been broadcasting for nearly four decades, though the monopoly on television was broken only in 1990 when private channels were legalized.