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1 Lira Murad IV
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 1 Lira 1 TRY = RSD 2.26 |
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| Obverse description | Central brass disc features the elaborate Ottoman imperial coat of arms, depicting a centrally placed shield flanked by an array of military and ceremonial symbols including swords, a bow, banners, scales of justice, and floral scrollwork, all surmounted by a crescent and star bearing the Sultan's tughra within a radiant sunburst. The copper-nickel outer ring carries the crescent and star emblem of the Turkish Republic to the left, with a security feature to the right. The upper legend reads 'TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ' around the top of the ring, and the denomination and date 'I Türk Lirası - 2025' appear along the lower arc. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Murad IV, who ruled from 1623 to 1640, is best remembered for his brutal reimposition of order on an empire that had nearly fractured under a succession of weak sultans and Janissary revolts. He personally led campaigns against Safavid Persia, retaking Baghdad in 1638 — a victory commemorated in the Treaty of Zuhab, which fixed the Ottoman-Persian border in a configuration that broadly persists as the modern Iraq-Iran frontier.
His domestic reign was marked by the personal enforcement of bans on coffee, tobacco, and alcohol, with violators reportedly executed on his direct order during nighttime patrols through Istanbul.