Sabiha Gökçen, one of Atatürk's adopted daughters, became the world's first female combat pilot in 1937 when she flew bombing missions during the suppression of the Dersim uprising in eastern Anatolia — an event the Turkish state celebrated at the time and has since handled with considerably more ambivalence. This coin was issued to mark the centennial of her birth.
The 7,500,000 lira face value reflects Turkey's chronic inflation of the 1990s, which had rendered the lira so debased that commemorative silver issues required eight-digit denominations to maintain nominal parity with bullion value.
Sabiha Gökçen, one of Atatürk's adopted daughters, became the world's first female combat pilot in 1937 when she flew bombing missions during the suppression of the Dersim uprising in eastern Anatolia — an event the Turkish state celebrated at the time and has since handled with considerably more ambivalence. This coin was issued to mark the centennial of her birth.
The 7,500,000 lira face value reflects Turkey's chronic inflation of the 1990s, which had rendered the lira so debased that commemorative silver issues required eight-digit denominations to maintain nominal parity with bullion value.