Kuruş

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Categories: European currencies | Economy of Turkey

see Kuru (India) for the Iron Age kingdom of the Kuru tribe.
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The new kuruş coin

Kuruş was a Turkish currency subunit. One Turkish Lira was equal to 100 Kuruş. The Kuruş (or Piastre) was also the standard unit of currency in the Ottoman Empire. Originally a large silver coin, in the mid 1800s its value had depreciated to the point where it circulated as both a large copper coin (as 40 Para) and a very small silver one as well. It then became a subunit of the Turkish Gold Lira.

Kuruş eventually became obsolete due to the chronic inflation in Turkey in the late 1970s. A currency reform on January 1, 2005 provided its return as the 100th part of the New Turkish Lira, and it was renamed as Yeni Kuruş (New Kuruş)

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See also

  • The Kurus were also ancient Vedic people of Indo-Aryan extractions (see Kuru).


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