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1000 Lira Jalaladdin Rumi
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A panoramic view of the Mevlana Museum complex in Konya occupies the lower half of the field, featuring the iconic fluted turquoise-domed mausoleum with its flanking minarets prominently rendered at center-right, and an adjacent domed mosque structure to the left, all set amongst foliage. The denomination '1000 LIRA' is inscribed in two lines at center-left, and the commemorative legend '705. VUSLAT YILI ANISI' curves along the upper periphery. |
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Issued as part of Turkey's commemorative gold program of the late 1970s, this piece honors Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī, the 13th-century Sufi poet and mystic born in Balkh — present-day Afghanistan — who spent much of his life in Konya, where his tomb remains one of the most visited sites in Turkey. The Turkish state's decision to place Rumi on an official gold issue reflects the complex negotiation between secular Kemalist identity and the country's Islamic cultural inheritance.