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Kuruş facts for kids

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Current Turkish 50 kuruş coin

Kuruş, also Qirsh, Ersh, Gersh, Grush and Grosi, are all names for currency denominations in and around the territories formerly part of the Ottoman Empire.

The variation in the name stems from the different languages it is used in (Arabic, Amharic, Hebrew, Turkish and Greek) and the different transcriptions into the Latin alphabet.

In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre.

See also

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