Şahin Bey is a district of Gaziantep, and this issue belongs to Turkey's ongoing series of provincial and cultural commemoratives — a program the Darphane has expanded steadily since the 2010s as collector demand for regionally themed silver outpaced interest in generic national issues. The series draws on local historical identity, and Gaziantep's resistance during the Turkish War of Independence remains a defining civic narrative for the region.
Şahin Bey is a district of Gaziantep, and this issue belongs to Turkey's ongoing series of provincial and cultural commemoratives — a program the Darphane has expanded steadily since the 2010s as collector demand for regionally themed silver outpaced interest in generic national issues. The series draws on local historical identity, and Gaziantep's resistance during the Turkish War of Independence remains a defining civic narrative for the region.