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1934, Turkey (Republic). Silver 100 Kurus (Lira) Coin. 1-Year Type! NGC AU+

Mint Year: 1934 Denomination: 100 Kurus (Lira) Reference: KM-860.2. 1-Year Type! Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as AU (Details: Cleaned!) Material: Silver (.830) Weight: 12gm

Obverse: Bare head of Kemal Atatürk left within wreath. Legend: * TURKIYE CÜMHURIYETI *

Reverse:  Star above crescent. Value (100) and  denomination (KURUS) inside crescent. All within wreath, which contains date (1934).

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (pronounced [mustäˈfä ceˈmäl äˈtäˌtyɾc]; 19 May 1881 (conventional) – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish army officer, reformist statesman, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey. His surname, Atatürk (meaning "Father of the Turks"), was granted to him in 1934 and forbidden to any other person by the Turkish parliament. 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 led to victory in the Turkish War of   Independence. Atatürk then embarked upon a program of political,   economic, and cultural reforms, seeking to transform the former Ottoman   Empire into a modern and secular nation-state. Under his leadership, thousands of new schools were   built, primary education was made free and compulsory, and women were   given equal civil and political rights, while the burden of taxation on   peasants was reduced. His government also carried out an extensive policy of Turkification. The principles of Atatürk's reforms, upon which modern Turkey was established, are referred to as Kemalism.

The Republic of Turkey was created after the overthrow of Sultan Mehmet VI Vahdettin by the new Republican Parliament in 1922. This new regime delivered the coup de grâce to the Ottoman state which had been practically wiped away from the world stage following the First World War.