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20 Lira Alija Izetbegović
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 20 Lira |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a quoted aphorism by Alija Izetbegović rendered in Latin script: 'YERYÜZÜNÜN ÖĞRETMENİ OLABİLMEK İÇİN GÖKYÜZÜNÜN ÖĞRENCİSİ OLMAK LAZIM.' ('To be a teacher of the earth, one must first be a student of the sky.'), with the attribution 'ALİYA İZZETBEGOVİÇ' inscribed below. Decorative Bosnian folk-art motifs rendered in dotted pixel-style appear above and below the central text in the field. The peripheral legend reads 'TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ' on the left and 'REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE' on the right, separated by a crescent and star device at the top. The denomination '20 Türk Lirası', the mint mark, and the date '2025' appear along the lower border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Izetbegović died in 2003, and Turkey's decision to mint a commemorative in his honor reflects a long-standing political alignment between Ankara and Sarajevo rooted in Ottoman historical ties and Turkey's active military and diplomatic role during the 1992–1995 Bosnian War. Erdoğan's government has issued several such foreign-statesman commemoratives through Darphane, a pattern that functions as soft-power currency as much as numismatic product.