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15 000 000 Lira Nazim Hikmet Ran
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Turkish state emblem: a wreath of oak and wheat branches surmounted by a crescent and star, enclosing the denomination '15.000.000 LIRA' in two lines at centre, with the engraver's mint mark below. The circular legend 'TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ' runs along the upper periphery, and the date '2004' is inscribed at the base, separated from the legend by raised borders. |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ 15.000.000 LİRA 2004 |
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Nazım Hikmet Ran spent the better part of his adult life either in Turkish prisons or in Soviet exile — hardly the biography the Turkish state typically honors on its coinage. Convicted under laws targeting communist activity, he served nearly thirteen years before international pressure, including from Pablo Picasso and Paul Robeson, secured his release in 1950. He left Turkey immediately and never returned, dying in Moscow in 1963.
His appearance on a Turkish commemorative issue in 2004 reflects a decades-long, deeply contested rehabilitation — one that still had vocal opponents within Turkey at the time of striking.