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15 000 000 Lira Süreyya Ağaoğlu
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Within a wreath of stylized tulips and carnations rendered in high relief, the denomination '15.000.000 LIRA' and date '2003' are inscribed in three lines at the center of the field. The Turkish State Mint tughra mintmark appears immediately below the date. The circular legend 'TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ' runs along the upper periphery, while a crescent and star device is positioned at the base of the coin. |
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| Mintage | 2003 - Proof - 15,000 |
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Süreyya Ağaoğlu, honored on this issue, was the first female lawyer in Turkey — admitted to the bar in 1928, the same year the new civil code granted Turkish women legal standing to practice. The timing was not coincidental; the early Republic aggressively promoted women in professional roles as a deliberate break from Ottoman social structures.
The 15,000,000 lira face value reflects Turkey's chronic inflation problem of the 1990s and early 2000s, which had rendered the lira nearly notional as a unit. A redenomination followed in 2005, making this one of the last issues struck under the old numbering — six zeros removed overnight.