Issued in the first years of the Turkish Republic, this denomination belongs to the coinage reform that Atatürk's government pushed through as part of a broader programme of Westernisation — metrication, alphabet change, legal codes, and currency modernisation all arrived within the same compressed window. The 100 Para was effectively dead on arrival as a practical denomination; rampant inflation had already made it nearly worthless by the time these pieces entered circulation, and the unit itself was abolished shortly after.
Issued in the first years of the Turkish Republic, this denomination belongs to the coinage reform that Atatürk's government pushed through as part of a broader programme of Westernisation — metrication, alphabet change, legal codes, and currency modernisation all arrived within the same compressed window. The 100 Para was effectively dead on arrival as a practical denomination; rampant inflation had already made it nearly worthless by the time these pieces entered circulation, and the unit itself was abolished shortly after.