Story of The Printing of The First Banknotes of the Turkish Republic According to The Daily Cumhuriyet Cumhuriyet Gazetesine Göre Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin İlk Kâğıt Paralarının Basım Serüveni

ÖKSÜZ M.

Turkish Journal of History, sa.81, ss.63-120, 2023 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.26650/iutd.20238103
  • Dergi Adı: Turkish Journal of History
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, L'Année philologique, Historical Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.63-120
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Mustafa Abdülhalik (Renda), Painter/Artist Ali Sami (Boyar), Republican banknotes (Cumhuriyet Evrak-ı Nakdiyesi), the Banknote Commission (Evrak-ı Nakdiye Komisyonu), the daily Cumhuriyet
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

When the Turkish Republic was founded the new state continued using Ottoman banknotes (evrak-ı nakdiye) for some time while preparing to print its own banknotes. In printing its own banknotes, the new state was motivated by Atatürk’s all-purpose motto of “catching up with the modern civilization level” in the realization of its goal. To this end, the Banknote Commission (Evrak-ı Nakdiye Komisyonu) was established under the direction of Mustafa Abdulhalik Bey. The illustrations on the banknotes were drawn by Ali Sami Bey. The first banknotes of the Republic of Turkey went into circulation on December 5, 1927. Following the circulation of the new banknotes, old counterfeit banknotes were found to be being circulated and Ali Sami Bey was put on trial. These issues were followed closely by the Turkish press which shared the developments with their readers. This study aims to describe how the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet reflected the stories revolving around the printing of the first banknotes of the Turkish Republic.