Para (currency) Para (currency) The para (Cyrillic: пара, from Turkish "para", from Persian "pārah", "piece" ) was a former currency of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Montenegro, Albania and Yugoslavia and is the current subunit, although rarely used, of the Serbian dinar. As a former Ottoman and Turkish currency, it was 1/40 of a "kuruş", which was, in turn, 1/100 of a Turkish lira. It was also earlier 3 "akçe" The modern Turkish lira is only divided into "kuruş". In Serbia, the "para" has been the subunit of the dinar since the 19th century. The Montenegrin perper was subdivided into 100 "pare" during
HMAS Kuru they arrived and shuttle the fresh troops ashore, with personnel evacuated on return trips. "Kuru" sailed early on 29 November, and arrived without incident. After offloading the supplies and taking on 70 women and children, the vessel waited for "Armidale" and "Castlemaine" to arrive, but after they failed to appear by 02:00 the next morning, sailed for Darwin. The corvettes, which had been delayed by air attacks, found "Kuru" after dawn, and the civilians were transferred to "Castlemaine", with "Armidale" and "Kuru" ordered to return by separate routes and attempt the operation again that night. During the day, "Kuru" was