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25 Yeni Lira Devlet Demiryollari 150th Anniversary
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a detailed architectural rendering of Haydarpaşa Railway Station in Istanbul, depicted in three-quarter perspective view with its distinctive Neo-Renaissance facade, corner turrets, and arched ground-floor openings faithfully reproduced in finely engraved relief. The TCDD (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları) winged crescent-and-star logo appears in the upper field above the acronym 'TCDD'. A two-line inscription in the lower field reads 'DOĞU'NUN BATI'YA AÇILAN KAPISI / HAYDARPAŞA GARI' (meaning 'The Gateway of the East to the West / Haydarpaşa Station'). A small spray of oak leaves decorates the lower exergue. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Turkish State Railways — Devlet Demiryolları, or TCDD — traces its institutional roots to the Ottoman-era lines absorbed into the new republic after 1923, though the 150th anniversary count reaches back to 1856, when the first Ottoman railway concession was granted to British interests for the Izmir-Aydın line. Atatürk's government nationalized and aggressively expanded the network through the 1920s and 30s as a deliberate instrument of territorial integration, connecting Anatolian towns that had never had reliable overland freight links.
The 2006 commemorative series from the Turkish mint ran to several subjects that year, all in .925 silver at this same specification.