20 Lira Karaman Yunus Emre Tomb

Yunus Emre, the 13th-century Anatolian mystic poet, presents an unusual cataloging problem: no one agrees where he is buried. More than a dozen sites across Turkey claim his tomb, including locations in Eskişehir, Karaman, and several villages in between. Karaman's claim rests partly on a 16th-century inscription, though competing documentation has never been fully resolved.

This issue is one in a longer Darphane series commemorating Anatolian cultural figures, struck in the standard .925 bullion format the mint has used consistently since the mid-2000s for this class of commemorative.