Monetary unit of Turkey: history, modernity and course

The monetary unit of Turkey is the Turkish lira. However, most of the tourists saw it live. This is due to the fact that in the areas allocated for recreation (including foreign citizens), many currencies are simultaneously distributed, the number of which is often equal to the number of representatives of holiday countries. So, in the same store, you can easily pay off rubles, dollars, euros or the same Turkish lira.

History of appearance

In the distant 1923 Turkish reformer Ataturk decided to replace the existing Ottoman lyre at that time with a more modern version - the Turkish lira. This is by no means the first replacement of the national currency in this country, since the replaced Ottoman lyre existed only 79 years (although it was used for 4 years, simultaneously with the Turkish one). In turn, even before this currency there were kurushas, which were also a means of payment and for quite a long time successfully went to the country on an equal basis with other monetary units.

However, the government of the described country did not calm down, and very soon another currency was introduced. It should be noted that the Ottoman lyre, used before 1923, was quite a serious coin for a country like Turkey. The monetary unit, the rate of which was equal to more than $ 4.5 as of 1902, the other could not be by definition, but it was very outdated and at that time did not meet the country's needs. And this despite the fact that it was the Ottoman lira that was the first currency in this country, printed on paper.

New Turkish Lira

At the end of the twentieth - the beginning of the twenty-first century, the country experienced an economic crisis, as a result of which the monetary unit of Turkey was practically depreciated. However, the government of the country made quite effective reforms, as a result of which in 2005 a new currency appeared: a new Turkish lira. Already beginning in 2009, officially the prefix "new" came out of use, at the moment the monetary unit of Turkey is simply called "Turkish lira", without any attachments. However, in the transition period (all three years, beginning in 2005 and ending in 2008), this money was also officially called not a new Turkish lira, but simply a lyre, which is why many are still confused in the names, although if you understand, everything is not so difficult.

Monetary unit of Turkey in modern times

At the moment, the same currency is circulating in this country, as long as there are no prerequisites for another replacement. The monetary unit of Turkey to the ruble is at the rate of approximately 0.05. That is, for a hundred rubles (at the date of writing this article) you can buy about 5-6 Turkish liras. However, given the scarcity of circulation of this currency anywhere other than directly in Turkey, the chance to buy it in the CIS is quite small, which does not prevent you from trying to look, especially since at this stage Russia and Turkey are starting to cooperate quite actively, That the monetary unit of Turkey will appear in free sale, is quite high.

It should be noted that banknotes with a face value of 5 to 200 lire are now in circulation, as well as coins that are still called kurushas (like pennies in Russia) and the ratio of which to lira goes as 100 to 1. These coins are issued on metal and go in face value From 1 to 50 kurushas. It is interesting that, unlike many countries printing on their banknotes or presidents, or monuments (historical or natural), on Turkish coins, absolutely at all, the same portraits of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk are depicted . Among other things, there is another metal coin, worth 1 lira, made using bimetallic technology, with the same portrait on it.

Appearance of paper lyres

The banknote of 5 lire is made in brown color and has the smallest sizes relative to other paper money of this country. Just like on coins, there is an unchanging portrait of Ataturk on the obverse, and on the back there is a fragment of the DNA chain, a fragment of the Solar system, a portrait of Professor Aydin Sayyly and the structure of the atom.

The second banknote of note - 10 lire - is red in color, on the reverse side of it there are mathematical formulas and one more professor - Jahita Arfa. On the obverse, as on all other banknotes, is Ataturk.

A paper denomination of 20 lire can boast a greenish color and images of a cylinder, cube, a ball, a university building in Gazi, an aqueduct and a portrait of Mimar Kemaleddin.

The following denominations are executed in orange, blue and lilac colors. Portraits of a well-known Turkish writer, musician and poet are depicted on them. Company portraits are the appropriate tools: feathers, paper, musical notation and so on.

Where else is the Turkish lira in circulation?

Except as directly in Turkey, this monetary unit goes in circulation in one single country, recognized, in fact, only by the same Turkey. It is called the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and is located on the northern part of the island of the same name.

Results

We found out what currency is in Turkey. Officially - the Turkish lira, but you can buy anything you like for almost any other more or less common currency of different countries, including the ruble. However, considering that the currency of Turkey, the rate to the ruble of which is 0.05, is rare on sale, it is much more profitable, it turns out, to buy dollars or euros and go to this country already with them.

Do not worry about finding a place where they can be changed, everything that will be available on sale, any tourist can buy and for these currency options, without losing anything on the exchange rate difference. An interesting fact is that only in 2012 Turkey's money units had a sign similar to the world famous badge of the dollar or the euro, however, it has not received wide distribution yet, despite the fact that it was included in the Unicode standard.