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5000 Lira Jewish Immigration
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a commemorative scene depicting a large square-rigged sailing vessel with full billowing sails occupying the central field, symbolising the arrival of Sephardic Jewish refugees in Ottoman Turkey following the Alhambra Decree of 1492. A crowd of figures is shown gathered in the lower field beneath the ship's hull, representing the exiled Jewish immigrants. An Ottoman cityscape featuring minarets rises in the background. The circular legend '500 YEARS OF PEACE AND HARMONY' runs along the upper border, while 'TURKISH JEWS', the commemorative dates '1492-1992', and the legend '500 YIL' appear along the lower border, flanked by decorative ornaments. |
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Issued to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 and their subsequent resettlement in Ottoman territories, this piece acknowledges one of the more consequential acts of Ottoman statecraft — Sultan Bayezid II's deliberate welcome of Sephardic refugees, reportedly remarking that Ferdinand of Spain had impoverished his own kingdom while enriching the Ottoman Empire. The Turkish state's willingness to mint a commemorative on this subject in 1992 was itself a pointed diplomatic gesture, timed precisely to the quincentennial.