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| One Hundred Turkish Lira |
Turkey 100 Lira banknote 1930 Central Bank of Turkey
Obverse: A portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey
Reverse: The Dardanelles - Çanakkale Fortress on the Asian mouth of the Dardanelles.
Signatures Selahattin ÇAM, Said ERDA
Emission Group - E 2, Series I.
Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, London England.
Quantity printed TL.60.000.000
Dimensions 85x185 mm
Issue date 01.03.1938
Date of withdrawal 15.10.1942
End of legal circulation 15.10.1943
End of redemption period 15.10.1952
Date of loss of value 16.10.1952
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Çanakkale is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles (or Hellespont) at their narrowest point. Çanakkale Province, like Istanbul Province, has territory in both Europe and Asia. Ferries cross here to the northern (European) side of the strait.
In 1915, during the First World War, British Empire and France attempted to capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia. Known as The Gallipoli Campaign, or the Dardanelles Campaign, in Turkey it is referred to as the Battle of Çanakkale (Turkish: Çanakkale Savaşı), when during March 1915 when the Royal Navy failed to force the Dardanelles and suffered severe losses. During a series of operations, HMS Triumph, HMS Ocean, HMS Goliath, HMS Irresistible and the French battleship Bouvet were all sunk. The French submarine Q18 Joule and the Australian submarine AE2 were also destroyed and several other important ships were crippled too. Most of the damage was inflicted by mines, though a German U Boat and Turkish small craft contributed too.