1970 AD., Turkey, Republic, 50th Anniversary of the National Assembly in Ankara commemorative, Istanbul mint, 25 Lira, KM 897.

Turkey, 50th Anniversary of the National Assembly in Ankara commemorative, Turkish State Mint (Darphane), Istanbul, Turkey, 1970 AD.,
25 Lira (ø 32,1 mm / 14,59 g), 0.830 silver, 14,60 g theor. mint weight, mintage 23.420 (+ proof issues) , axis coin alignment ↑↓ (180°), reeded edge,
Obv.: TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ • , bust of Mustafa Kemal Pasha facing.
Rev.: HAKIMIYET MILLETINDIR / 25 / LIRA / 23 NISAN 1920-1970 , star within crescent moon above building (the old Grand National Assembly of Turkey), value below.
KM 897 .

Year / Mintage
1970 23.420
1970 ? Proof

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi), usually referred to simply as the TBMM or Parliament (Turkish: Meclis or Parlamento), is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Constitution. It was founded in Ankara on 23 April 1920 in the midst of the National Campaign. The parliament was fundamental in the efforts of Mareşal Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of the Republic of Turkey, and his colleagues to found a new state out of the remnants of the Ottoman Empire.
Mustafa Kemal, in a speech he made on 19 March 1920 announced that "an Assembly will be gathered in Ankara that will possess extraordinary powers" and communicated how the members who would participate in the assembly would be elected and the need to realise elections, at the latest, within 15 days. He also stated that the members of the dispersed Ottoman Chamber of Deputies could also participate in the assembly in Ankara, to increase the representative power of the parliament. These elections were held as planned, in the style of the elections of the preceding Chamber of Deputies, in order to select the first members of the new Turkish assembly. This Grand National Assembly, established on national sovereignty, held its inaugural session on 23 April 1920. From this date until the end of the Turkish War of Independence in 1923, the provisional government of Turkey was known as the Government of the Grand National Assembly.