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20 Lira Council of State
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a large stylised numeral '155' incorporating a five-pointed star within the first digit, with the word 'yıl' (meaning 'years') inscribed below, commemorating the 155th anniversary of the Council of State. A small version of the Danıştay institutional emblem — the book with oak branches — appears above the numeral. The inscription '1868-2023' is engraved along the lower arc of the inner border. The upper outer legend reads 'TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ' and the lower legend reads 'DANIŞTAY BAŞKANLIĞI', all set against a frosted relief on a mirror field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Council of State (Danıştay) is Turkey's highest administrative court, established in 1868 under the Ottoman reforms of the Tanzimat period — making it one of the few Ottoman institutional structures to survive the Republic's founding largely intact. Atatürk retained it in 1925, rechartering it under the new secular legal order rather than abolishing it outright, a pragmatic concession to continuity that distinguished it from most other Ottoman-era bodies.