Turkey, Republic, 1995 AD.,
5000 Lira (19,5 mm / 6,02 g), brass (Cu 70%, Zn 30%), mintage 69.550.000 , milled edge,
Obv.: TURKIYE CUMHURIYETI , head of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk facing left.
Rev.: 5000 / LIRA / 1995 , flower sprigs to left of value and date, crescent moon and star above.
KM 1029.1 .
Year / Mintage / Details
1995 75.760.000 KM#1029.1 (5.98g; large date 3.0mm)
1995 KM#1029.1 (5.98g; small date 2.5mm)
1996 75,006,000 KM#1029.1 (5.98g)
1997 65,358,000 KM#1029.1 (5.98g)
1998 52,427,000 KM#1029.1 (5.98g)
1998 KM#1029.2 (3.48g)
1999 7,621,000 KM#1029.2 (3.48g)
2000 1,452,000
2001 8,758,000 KM#1029.2
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (birth date indeterminate, 1881 – 10 November 1938) was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey.
Atatürk was a military officer during World War I. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, he led the Turkish national movement in the Turkish War of Independence. Having established a provisional government in Ankara, he defeated the forces sent by the Allies. His military campaigns gained Turkey independence. Atatürk then embarked upon a program of political, economic, and cultural reforms, seeking to transform the former Ottoman Empire into a modern, westernized and secular nation-state.