Turkey coinage of the Republic

Republican Turkish coinage comprises the currency minted for Turkey by the state-owned Turkish State Mint (Darphane) in Istanbul. These early issues were struck until 1928 and were the final Turkish coins to carry inscriptions in the Arabic script before Latin script was adopted following the alphabet reform.

Across subsequent decades, coin compositions evolved: aluminium-bronze quarter-kuruş coins were struck between 1940 and 1942, nickel-brass replaced silver for the 25 kuruş in 1944, and brass kuruş denominations were issued from 1947 to 1949. Bronze, steel, and aluminium were subsequently employed across denominations up to 1980. From 1981, accelerating inflation led to the introduction of aluminium coins and ever-higher denominations, culminating in a 250,000 lira coin in 2002.

A monetary reform established the second Turkish lira, designated as the "new Turkish lira" from 2005 to 2008. This series comprised brass 1 new kuruş, cupro-nickel 5, 10, and 25 new kuruş, and bimetallic 50 new kuruş and 1 new lira coins, all featuring portraits of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. In 2009, the word "new" was removed from the coinage, and the inner and outer alloys of the bimetallic 50 kuruş and 1 lira coins were reversed. Republican coins are typically characterised by the star and crescent or national emblem on the obverse and Latin-script denominations on the reverse.