Banknotes of Turkey#The Third Issue (E3) Banknotes

{{Short description|Overview of the history of the banknotes issued by the Republic of Turkey}}

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In 1926, the Ministry of Finance introduced notes for the Republic of Turkey in denominations of TL 1, TL 5, TL 10, TL 50, TL 100, TL 500 and TL 1,000. These were the last notes printed with both French and Turkish (in the Arabic script) texts on them. The TL 50, TL 100, TL 500 and TL 1,000 notes carried the portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Between 1937 and 1939, the Central Bank of Turkey introduced new notes with Turkish texts in the Latin script, again depicting Atatürk. this time on all denominations. After Atatürk's death the same design was recycled with İsmet İnönü replacing Atatürk's image. Denominations of TL 2½, TL 5, TL 10, TL 50, TL 100, TL 500 and TL 1,000 were issued. TL 1 notes were reintroduced in 1942, followed by 50 kuruş (TL 0.5) notes in 1944. These two lowest denominations were replaced by coins after the War.

Atatürk reappeared on a subsequent series of notes in the early 1950s. The TL 2½ notes were replaced by coins in 1960, with the same happening to the TL 5 and TL 10 notes in 1974 and 1981. Higher denomination notes were introduced during the 1980s and 90s: TL 5,000 in 1981, TL 10,000 in 1982, TL 20,000 in 1988, TL 50,000 in 1989, TL 100,000 in 1991, TL 250,000 in 1992, TL 500,000 in 1993, TL 1,000,000 in 1995, TL 5,000,000 in 1997, TL 10,000,000 in 1999 and TL 20,000,000 in 2001. The higher values of the "E7 Emission Group" banknotes (1992 TL 250,000 and later and higher value notes) were exchangeable for new lira at a rate of TL 1,000,000 to ₺1 at branches of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey until 31 December 2015, after which time they became worthless.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/eng/ |title=Announcement on the Withdrawal of Turkish Lira Banknotes from Circulation |accessdate=2008-01-05 |author=Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankasi (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |date=19 December 2005 |work=Official Gazette no. 26028, 19 December 2005, pages 89-90. |publisher=TCMB |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615060512/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/eng/ |archivedate=June 15, 2009 }} The TL 50,000 note ceased to be redeemable on 4 November 2009, and the TL 100,000 note on 4 November 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/eng/ |title=Banknotes Withdrawn From Circulation and the Redemption Periods |accessdate=2008-01-05 |author=Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankasi (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |work="Banknotes" section of TCMB website. |publisher=TCMB |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615060512/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/eng/ |archivedate=June 15, 2009 }}

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The First Issue (E1) Banknotes

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colspan="11" style="text-align: center" | Banknotes of 1st Emission [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616102814/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/banknote/E1/INDEX1.html]
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!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value
TL!!rowspan="2"| Dimensions
(mm)!!colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Main Colour !!colspan="2"| Description !!colspan="2"| Date of

ObverseReverseObverseReverseissuewithdrawal
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 116px

| style="background:#000;"| 116px

|1

|166 × 90

| style="background:#808000;"|

|Olive green

|House of Parliament, Citadel of Ankara, a ploughing farmer

|Former Building of Prime Ministry

|rowspan="7"|5 December 1927

|25 April 1939

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

|5

|170 × 94

| style="background:#0000b8;"|

|Dark blue

|The Citadel of Ankara, a grey wolf and the House of Parliament

|Akköprü

|15 October 1937

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 123px

| style="background:#000;"| 123px

|10

|175 × 99

| style="background:#86608e;"|

|Lilac

|The Citadel of Ankara, a grey wolf

|The Citadel of Ankara

|16 May 1938

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 130px

| style="background:#000;"| 130px

|50

|185 × 108

| style="background:#967117;"|

|Brown, olive green

|rowspan="2"|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

|Afyon

|1 April 1938

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 132px

| style="background:#000;"| 132px

|100

|189 × 112

| style="background:#808000;"|

|Olive green

|A view of a village

|1 March 1938

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 136px

| style="background:#000;"| 136px

|500

|194 × 120

| style="background:#b8860b;"|

|Brown and yellow

|Gökmedrese, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

|Sivas

|rowspan="2"|15 June 1939

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 141px

| style="background:#000;"| 141px

|1,000

|201 × 124

| style="background:#0000b8;"|

|Dark blue

|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

|A view from the railroad to Sakarya

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The Second Issue (E2) Banknotes

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colspan="14" style="text-align: center" | Banknotes of 2nd Emission [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616103043/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/banknote/E2/INDEX2.html]
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!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value
TL!!rowspan="2"| Dimensions
(mm)!!colspan="4"| Main Colour !!colspan="2"| Description !!colspan="2"| Date of

ObverseReversecolspan="2"| Obversecolspan="2"| ReverseObverseReverseissuewithdrawal
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 88px

| style="background:#000;"| 88px

|0.5
(50 Kuruş)

|125 × 55

| style="background:#ccbb8c;"|

|Yellow and light green

|Green and brown

| style="background:#ab9162;"|

|rowspan="2"|İsmet İnönü

|Former Head Office Building of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

|26 June 1944

|rowspan="2"|1 August 1947

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 95px

| style="background:#000;"| 95px

|1

|135 × 60

| style="background:#8000a3;"|

|colspan="2"|Violet

| style="background:#8000a3;"|

|Bosphorus

|25 April 1942

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

|2½

|145 × 65

| style="background:#808000;"|

|colspan="2"|Olive green

| style="background:#808000;"|

|rowspan="6"|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

|Statue of Victory at Ulus Square

|25 April 1939

|15 July 1952

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

|5

|155 × 70

| style="background:#2277aa;"|

|Blue

|Green

| style="background:#009f6b;"|

|Security Monument

|15 September 1937

|10 November 1952

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 116px

| style="background:#000;"| 116px

|10

|165 × 75

| style="background:#731000;"|

|colspan="2"|Brick red

| style="background:#731000;"|

|The Citadel of Ankara

|16 May 1938

|rowspan="2"|2 June 1952

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 123px

| style="background:#000;"| 123px

|50

|175 × 80

| style="background:#8000a3;"|

|colspan="2"|Violet

| style="background:#8000a3;"|

|Angora goats

|1 April 1938

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 130px

| style="background:#000;"| 130px

|100

|185 × 85

| style="background:#654321;"|

|colspan="2"|Dark brown

| style="background:#654321;"|

|Dardanelles

|1 March 1938

|15 September 1942

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 137px

| style="background:#000;"| 137px

|rowspan="2"|500

|rowspan="2"|195 × 90

| style="background:#808000;" rowspan="2"|

|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Olive green

| style="background:#808000;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|Rumelihisarı

|15 June 1939

|rowspan="4"|24 April 1946

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 137px

| style="background:#000;"| 137px

|İsmet İnönü

|18 November 1940

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 144px

| style="background:#000;"| 144px

|rowspan="2"|1,000

|rowspan="2"|205 × 95

| style="background:#708090;" rowspan="2"|

|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Slate blue

| style="background:#708090;" rowspan="2"|

|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

|rowspan="2"|Security Monument

|15 June 1939

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 144px

| style="background:#000;"| 144px

|İsmet İnönü

|18 November 1940

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The Third Issue (E3) Banknotes

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colspan="14" style="text-align: center" | Banknotes of 3rd Emission [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616103305/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/banknote/E3/INDEX3.html]
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!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value
TL!!rowspan="2"| Dimensions
(mm)!!colspan="4"| Main Colour !!colspan="2"| Description !!colspan="2"| Date of

ObverseReversecolspan="2"| Obversecolspan="2"| ReverseObverseReverseissuewithdrawal
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

|2½

|145 × 65

| style="background:#ab6660;"|

|colspan="2"|Purple and brown

| style="background:#ab6660;"|

|rowspan="7"|İsmet İnönü

|Halkevleri

|27 March 1947

|15 July 1952

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

|10

|155 × 65

| style="background:#fcbd77;"|

|colspan="2"|Orange and beige

| style="background:#fcbd77;"|

|Three Turkish village women in local costumes

|15 January 1942

|1 April 1950

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 123px

| style="background:#000;"| 123px

|rowspan="2"|50

|rowspan="2"|175 × 80

| style="background:#60bf60;"|

|Purple and green

|Purple

| style="background:#656182;"|

|rowspan="2"|Angora goats

|25 April 1942

|rowspan="2"|1 December 1951

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 123px

| style="background:#000;"| 123px

| style="background:#cc8899;"|

|colspan="2"|Blue and pink

| style="background:#cc8899;"|

|17 February 1947

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 123px

| style="background:#000;"| 123px

|100

|175 × 75

| style="background:#964b00;"|

|colspan="2"|Brown

| style="background:#964b00;"|

|A girl holding grapes

|15 August 1942

|25 April 1946

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 130px

| style="background:#000;"| 130px

|500

|185 × 85

| style="background:#808000;"|

|colspan="2"|Olive green

| style="background:#808000;"|

|Students at the Technical School, Ankara

|rowspan="2"|24 April 1946

|rowspan="2"|15 April 1953

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 137px

| style="background:#000;"| 137px

|1,000

|195 × 95

| style="background:#2277aa;"|

|colspan="2"|Blue

| style="background:#2277aa;"|

|Scouts

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The Fourth Issue (E4) Banknotes

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colspan="12" style="text-align: center" | Banknotes of 4th Emission [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616103327/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/banknote/E4/INDEX4.html]
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!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value
TL!!rowspan="2"| Dimensions
(mm)!!rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Main Colour !!colspan="2"| Description !!colspan="2"| Date of

ObverseReverseObverseReverseissuewithdrawal
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 116px

| style="background:#000;"| 116px

|rowspan="2"|10

|rowspan="2"|165 × 75

| style="background:#de3163;"|

|Red

|rowspan="3"|İsmet İnönü

|rowspan="2"|The Sultan Ahmed Fountain

|17 February 1947

|rowspan="2"|2 June 1952

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 116px

| style="background:#000;"| 116px

| style="background:#b87333;"|

|Light brown

|15 September 1948

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 127px

| style="background:#000;"| 127px

|100

|181 × 83

| style="background:#009f6b;"|

|Green

|Rumelihisarı

|18 July 1947

|10 October 1952

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The Fifth Issue (E5) Banknotes

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colspan="14" style="text-align: center" | Banknotes of 5th Emission [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616102849/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/banknote/E5/INDEX5.html]
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!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value
TL!!rowspan="2"| Dimensions
(mm)!!colspan="4"| Main Colour !!colspan="2"| Description !!colspan="2"| Date of

ObverseReversecolspan="2"| Obversecolspan="2"| ReverseObverseReverseissuewithdrawal
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

|rowspan="4"|2½

|rowspan="4"|145 × 65

| style="background:#c71585;" rowspan="4"|

|rowspan="4"|Reddish purple

|Reddish purple

| style="background:#c71585;"|

|rowspan="32" |Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

|rowspan="4"|Former Head Office Building of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

|15 July 1952

|rowspan="4"|20 October 1966

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

|Brown

| style="background:#964b00;"|

|3 January 1955

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

|Light red

| style="background:#ff6767;"|

|1 July 1957

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

|Bright green

| style="background:#00ff00;"|

|15 February 1960

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 105px

| style="background:#000;"| 105px

|rowspan="4"|5

|rowspan="4"|150 × 68

| style="background:#2277aa;" rowspan="4"|

|rowspan="4"|Blue

|Blue

| style="background:#2277aa;"|

|rowspan="4"|Three Turkish girls with hazelnut baskets

|10 November 1952

|rowspan="4"|8 January 1968

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 105px

| style="background:#000;"| 105px

|Green

| style="background:#009f6b;"|

|8 June 1959

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 105px

| style="background:#000;"| 105px

|rowspan="2" |Blue

| style="background:#2277aa;" rowspan="2"|

|25 October 1961

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 105px

| style="background:#000;"| 105px

|4 January 1965

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

|rowspan="6"|10

|rowspan="6"|155 × 71

| style="background:#009f6b;" rowspan="6"|

|rowspan="6"|Green

|Green

| style="background:#009f6b;"|

|rowspan="6"|Mecidiye bridge

|2 June 1952

|rowspan="6"|4 July 1966

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

|Dark red

| style="background:#a52a2a;"|

|26 October 1953

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

|Brown

| style="background:#964b00;"|

|24 March 1958

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

|Green

| style="background:#009f6b;"|

|25 April 1960

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

|Red

| style="background:#de3163;"|

|15 May 1961

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

| style="background:#000;"| 109px

|Green

| style="background:#009f6b;"|

|2 January 1963

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|rowspan="7"|50

|rowspan="7"|160 × 74

| style="background:#964b00;" rowspan="7"|

|rowspan="7"|Brown

|Brown

| style="background:#964b00;"|

|rowspan="7"|Statue of Victory at Ulus Square

|1 December 1951

|rowspan="7"|7 May 1979

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|Orange

| style="background:#ef9b0f;"|

|2 February 1953

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|Rose

| style="background:#ff007f;"|

|15 October 1956

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|Greyish green

| style="background:#82a46d;"|

|1 October 1957

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|rowspan="3"|Brown

| style="background:#964b00;" rowspan="3"|

|15 February 1960

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|1 June 1964

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|2 August 1971

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

|rowspan="6"|100

|rowspan="6"|170 × 80

| style="background:#808000;"|

|colspan="2"|Olive green

| style="background:#808000;"|

|rowspan="6"|Gençlik Parkı

|10 October 1952

|rowspan="6"|12 April 1976

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#009f6b;"|

|Green

|Greenish blue

| style="background:#008080;"|

|2 July 1956

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#808000;" rowspan="3"|

|colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Olive green

| style="background:#808000;"|

|4 August 1958

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#808000;"|

|15 March 1962

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#808000;"|

|1 October 1964

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#9b9b3d;"|

|colspan="2"|Light olive green

| style="background:#9b9b3d;"|

|17 March 1969

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

|rowspan="4"|500

|rowspan="5"|170 × 80

| style="background:#964b00;"|

|colspan="2"|Brown

| style="background:#964b00;"|

|rowspan="4"|Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Obelix and Hippodrome

|15 April 1953

|rowspan="4"|1 September 1976

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#a9a9a9;"|

|colspan="2"|Dark grey

| style="background:#a9a9a9;"|

|16 February 1959

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#964b00;"|

|colspan="2"|Brown

| style="background:#964b00;"|

|1 December 1962

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#8000a3;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Violet

| style="background:#8000a3;" rowspan="2"|

|3 June 1968

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

|1,000

|Rumelihisarı

|15 April 1953

|7 May 1979

colspan="14"|{{Standard banknote table notice|standard_scale=Y|BrE=Y}}

The Sixth Issue (E6) Banknotes

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colspan="14" style="text-align: center" | Banknotes of 6th Emission [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616103012/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/banknote/E6/INDEX6.html]
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!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value
TL!!rowspan="2"| Dimensions
(mm)!!colspan="4"| Main Colour !!colspan="2"| Description !!colspan="2"| Date of

ObverseReversecolspan="2"| Obversecolspan="2"| ReverseObverseReverseissuewithdrawal
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 95px

| style="background:#000;"| 95px

|rowspan="2"|5

|rowspan="2"|135 × 60

| style="background:#656182;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Purple

| style="background:#656182;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="18"|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

|rowspan="2"|Manavgat Waterfall

|8 January 1968

|rowspan="2"|16 May 1983

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 95px

| style="background:#000;"| 95px

|20 September 1976

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

|rowspan="2"|10

|rowspan="2"|140 × 65

| style="background:#808000;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Olive green

| style="background:#808000;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|Maiden's Tower

|4 July 1966

|rowspan="2"|21 September 1981

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

|7 April 1975

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 100px

| style="background:#000;"| 100px

|rowspan="4"|20

|rowspan="4"|143 × 66

| style="background:#b87333;" rowspan="4"|

|rowspan="4" colspan="2"|Light brown

| style="background:#b87333;" rowspan="6"|

|rowspan="4"|Anıtkabir

|15 June 1966

|rowspan="6"|21 August 1987

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 100px

| style="background:#000;"| 100px

|24 June 1974

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 100px

| style="background:#000;"| 100px

|29 August 1979

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 100px

| style="background:#000;"| 100px

|30 May 1983

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|rowspan="2"|50

|rowspan="2"|160 × 71

| style="background:#964b00;"|

|Brown

|Light brown

|rowspan="2"|The marble fountain in the rose garden in front of Yerevan Kiosk

|9 April 1976

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#b87333;"|

|colspan="2"|Light brown

|4 April 1983

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

|rowspan="3"|100

|rowspan="3"|170 × 77

| style="background:#009f6b;" rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="3"|Green

|rowspan="3"|Brown

| style="background:#964b00;" rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="3"|Mount Ararat

|15 May 1972

|rowspan="3"|5 May 1986

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

|24 September 1979

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

|20 June 1983

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

|rowspan="2"|500

|rowspan="2"|170 × 80

| style="background:#69692e;" rowspan="2"|

|colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Olive green and blue

| style="background:#69692e;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|The Main gate of Istanbul University

|1 September 1971

|rowspan="2"|15 June 1984

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

|9 September 1974

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

|rowspan="3"|1 000

|rowspan="3"|170 × 82

| style="background:#8000a3;" rowspan="3"|

|colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Violet

| style="background:#8000a3;" rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="3"|Bosphorus

|29 May 1978

|rowspan="3"|29 September 1986

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

|17 December 1979

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

| style="background:#000;"| 119px

|10 June 1981

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The Seventh Issue (E7) Banknotes

The notes were given security features. The later versions of the TL 100,000, TL 250,000, TL 500,000 and TL 1,000,000 notes lost their colour-changing ink due to inflation.

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colspan="14" style="text-align: center" | Banknotes of 7th Emission [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616102749/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/banknote/E7/INDEX7.html]
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!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value
TL!!rowspan="2"| Dimensions
(mm)!!colspan="4"| Main Colour !!colspan="2"| Description !!colspan="2"| Date of

ObverseReversecolspan="2"| Obversecolspan="2"| ReverseObverseReverseissuewithdrawal
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 85px

| style="background:#000;"| 85px

|rowspan="2"|10

|rowspan="2"|122 × 55

| style="background:#c0b073;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Pink and olive green

| style="background:#c0b073;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="20"|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

|rowspan="2"|A group of young students giving flowers to Atatürk

|25 December 1979

|rowspan="2"|21 August 1987

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 85px

| style="background:#000;"| 85px

|15 November 1982

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 92px

| style="background:#000;"| 92px

|rowspan="2"|100

|rowspan="2"|131 × 63

| style="background:#a65380;" rowspan="2"|

|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Purple and brown

| style="background:#a65380;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|The Citadel of Ankara, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, and his home in Ankara, the first two quatrains of İstiklâl Marşı

|26 December 1983

|rowspan="4"|21 August 1989

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 92px

| style="background:#000;"| 92px

|17 September 1984

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

|rowspan="2"|500

|rowspan="5"|140 × 72

| style="background:#2277aa;" rowspan="2"|

|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Blue

| style="background:#2277aa;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|İzmir Clock Tower

|1 July 1983

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

|21 May 1984

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

|rowspan="2"|1,000

| style="background:#8000a3;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Violet

| style="background:#8000a3;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|Mehmed the Conqueror with old Istanbul skyline

|31 March 1986

|rowspan="2"|3 August 1992

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

|19 February 1988

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

| style="background:#000;"| 98px

|rowspan="4"|5,000

| style="background:#ac88ac;"|

|colspan="2" |Brown, orange and blue

| style="background:#ac88ac;"|

|rowspan="3"|Mevlana Mausoleum and a figure of Mevlana

|2 November 1981

|rowspan="4"|31 January 1994

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

|rowspan="7"|146 × 72

| style="background:#c2b280;" rowspan="3"|

|colspan="2" rowspan="3"|Brown and green

| style="background:#c2b280;" rowspan="3"|

|29 July 1985

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

|13 June 1988

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

|Afşin-Elbistan thermal power station

|28 May 1990

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

|rowspan="4"|10,000 (YTL 0.01)

| style="background:#60bf60;" rowspan="4"|

|rowspan="4"|Purple and green

|rowspan="4"|Green

| style="background:#009f6b;" rowspan="4"|

|rowspan="4"|Mimar Sinan and his work of art Selimiye Mosque

|25 October 1982

|rowspan="4"|15 December 1995

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

|13 April 1984

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

|24 January 1989

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

| style="background:#000;"| 102px

|22 February 1993

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 106px

| style="background:#000;"| 106px

|rowspan="2"|20,000 (YTL 0.02)

|rowspan="4"|152 × 76

| style="background:#722f37;"|

|Claret red

|rowspan="2"|Violet

| style="background:#8000a3;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|New Head Office Building of the Central Bank of Turkey

|9 May 1988

|rowspan="2"|9 September 1997

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 106px

| style="background:#000;"| 106px

| style="background:#e25822;"|

|Yellow and orange

|3 April 1995

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 106px

| style="background:#000;"| 106px

|rowspan="2"|50,000 (YTL 0.05)

| style="background:#009f6b;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|Green

|Green

| style="background:#009f6b;"|

|rowspan="2"|House of Parliament

|15 May 1989

|rowspan="2"|5 November 1999

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 106px

| style="background:#000;"| 106px

|Green and dark grey

| style="background:#a1c284;"|

|20 February 1995

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 111px

| style="background:#000;"| 111px

|rowspan="3"|100,000 (YTL 0.1)

|rowspan="6"|158 × 76

| style="background:#c2b280;" rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="3" colspan="2"|Brown and green

| style="background:#c2b280;" rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="3"|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, statue of Atatürk in Samsun

|rowspan="3"|A group of young students giving flowers to Atatürk

|11 November 1991

|rowspan="3"|5 November 2001

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 111px

| style="background:#000;"| 111px

|15 July 1994

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 111px

| style="background:#000;"| 111px

|12 August 1996

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 111px

| style="background:#000;"| 111px

|rowspan="3"|250,000 (YTL 0.25)

| style="background:#2277aa;" rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="3" colspan="2"|Blue

| style="background:#2277aa;" rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="13"|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

|rowspan="3"|Kızıl Kule

|2 October 1992

|rowspan="13"|1 January 2006

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 111px

| style="background:#000;"| 111px

|2 October 1995

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 111px

| style="background:#000;"| 111px

|16 March 1998

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|rowspan="4"|500,000 (YTL 0.5)

|rowspan="7"|160 × 76

| style="background:#656182;" rowspan="4"|

|rowspan="3" colspan="2"|Purple

| style="background:#656182;" rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="4"|Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial

|18 March 1993

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|16 May 1994

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|26 August 1994

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|Purple

|Violet

| style="background:#8000a3;"|

|10 October 1997

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|rowspan="3"|1,000,000 (YTL 1)

| style="background:#79589b;" rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="3" colspan="2"|Claret red and blue

| style="background:#79589b;" rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="3"|Atatürk Dam

|16 January 1995

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|9 September 1996

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|10 January 2002

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 113px

| style="background:#000;"| 113px

|5,000,000 (YTL 5)

|rowspan="3"|162 × 76

| style="background:#d9c870;"|

|colspan="2"|Pastel yellow and greenish brown

| style="background:#d9c870;"|

|Anıtkabir

|6 January 1997

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 113px

| style="background:#000;"| 113px

|10,000,000 (YTL 10)

| style="background:#de3163;"|

|colspan="2"|Red

| style="background:#de3163;"|

|Piri Reis Map

|5 November 1999

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 113px

| style="background:#000;"| 113px

|20,000,000 (YTL 20)

| style="background:#009f6b;"|

|colspan="2"|Green

| style="background:#009f6b;"|

|Ephesus

|5 November 2001

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The Eighth Issue (E8) Banknotes

In the transitional period between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2008, the second Turkish lira was officially called "new Turkish lira" (abbr: YTL) in Turkey. Banknotes, referred to by the Central Bank as the "E-8 Emission Group", were introduced in 2005 in denominations of YTL 1, YTL 5, YTL 10, YTL 20, YTL 50, and YTL 100. Whilst the lower four denominations replaced older notes and used very similar designs, the YTL 50 and YTL 100 notes did not have equivalents in the old currency. All notes depict Mustafa Kemal Atatürk from different points of his life and images of various historical and otherwise important buildings and places in Turkey.

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colspan="14" style="text-align: center" | Banknotes of 8th Emission [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616103315/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/banknote/E8/INDEX8.html]
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!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value
YTL!!rowspan="2"| Dimensions
(mm)!!colspan="4"| Main Colour !!colspan="2"| Description !!colspan="2"| Date of

ObverseReversecolspan="2"| Obversecolspan="2"| ReverseObverseReverseissuewithdrawal
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|1

|156 × 76

| style="background:#79589b;"|

|Claret red and blue

|Pale claret red and blue

| style="background:#bcaccd;"|

|rowspan="6"|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

|Atatürk Dam

|rowspan="6"|1 January 2005

|rowspan="6"|1 January 2010

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 113px

| style="background:#000;"| 113px

|5

|rowspan="3"|162 × 76

| style="background:#d9c870;"|

|colspan="2"|Pastel yellow and greenish brown

| style="background:#d9c870;"|

|Anıtkabir

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 113px

| style="background:#000;"| 113px

|10

| style="background:#de3163;"|

|Red

|Purple and red

| style="background:#df4060;"|

|Piri Reis Map

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 113px

| style="background:#000;"| 113px

|20

| style="background:#009f6b;"|

|colspan="2"|Green

| style="background:#009f6b;"|

|Ephesus

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 106px

| style="background:#000;"| 106px

|50

|152 × 81

| style="background:#ef9B0f;"|

|Orange

|Light brown and orange

| style="background:#cf943a;"|

|Cappadocia

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 110px

| style="background:#000;"| 110px

|100

|158 × 81

| style="background:#2277aa;"|

|colspan="2"|Blue

| style="background:#2277aa;"|

|Ishak Pasha Palace

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The Ninth Issue (E9) Banknotes

A new series of banknotes, the "E-9 Emission Group" entered circulation on 1 January 2009, with the E-8 group ceasing to be valid after 31 December 2009 (although still redeemable at branches of the Central Bank until 31 December 2019). The E-9 banknotes refer to the currency as "Turkish lira" rather than "new Turkish lira", and include a new ₺200 denomination.{{cite web |url=http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/announce/2007/ANO2007-10.htm |title=Public Announcement As To The Removal Of The Prefix "New" From The New Turkish Lira |accessdate=2008-01-05 |author=Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankasi (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |date=8 May 2007 |work=Official Gazette no. 26516, 8 May 2007, page 103. |publisher=TCMB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325014508/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/announce/2007/ANO2007-10.htm |archive-date=2008-03-25 |url-status=dead }} The new banknotes have different sizes to prevent forgery.{{cite web| author=Turkish Daily News | date=2006-09-15 | url=http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=54176 | title=TL banknotes to be in circulation in 2009 | accessdate=2006-09-28 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930170901/http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=54176 | archivedate=2007-09-30 }} The main specificity of this new series is that each denomination depicts a famous Turkish personality, rather than geographical sites and architectural features of Turkey.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/461129.asp|accessdate=2012-03-22|title=Türk Lirası'nda yeni yüzler|work=NTV-MSNBC|language=Turkish|date=2008-10-03|agency=Anadolu Agency}} The dominant colour of the ₺5 banknote has been determined as “purple” on the second series of the current banknotes.{{cite web |url=http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/announce/2013/ANO2013-15.htm |title=Press Release On The Issue Of E-9 Emission Group II. Series Turkish Lira Banknotes |accessdate=2013-09-04 |author=Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankasi (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |date=2 April 2013 |publisher=TCMB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929031542/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/announce/2013/ANO2013-15.htm |archive-date=2013-09-29 |url-status=dead }}

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colspan="13" style="text-align: centre" | Current Turkish lira banknotes [https://web.archive.org/web/20121123055745/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/banknote/E9/INDEX9.php]
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!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value
₺!!rowspan="2"| Dimensions
(mm)!!rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Main Colour !!colspan="3"| Description !!rowspan="2"| Date of issue

ObverseReverseObverseReverseWatermark
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 91px

| style="background:#000;"| 91px

|rowspan="2"|5

|rowspan="2"|130 × 64

| style="background:#964b00;"|

|Brown

|rowspan="7"|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

|rowspan="2"|Aydın Sayılı, diagrams of solar system, atom, ancient cave and a left-handed Z-DNA helix.

|rowspan="7"|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Value

|1 January 2009

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 91px

| style="background:#000;"| 91px

| style="background:#656182;"|

|Purple

|8 April 2013

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 95px

| style="background:#000;"| 95px

|10

|136 × 64

| style="background:#de3163;"|

|Red

|Cahit Arf, Arf invariant, arithmetic series, abacus, binary

|rowspan="5"|1 January 2009

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 99px

| style="background:#000;"| 99px

|20

|142 × 68

| style="background:#009f6b;"|

|Green

|Mimar Kemaleddin, Gazi University main building, aqueduct, circular motif and cube-globe-cylinder symbolizing architecture

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 104px

| style="background:#000;"| 104px

|50

|148 × 68

| style="background:#ef9b0f;"|

|Orange

|Fatma Aliye Topuz, flower and literary figures

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 108px

| style="background:#000;"| 108px

|100

|154 × 72

| style="background:#27a;"|

|Blue

|Buhurizade Itri, notes, instruments and Mevlevi figure

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

| style="background:#000;"| 112px

|200

|160 × 72

| style="background:#8000a3;"|

|Pink

|Yunus Emre, Yunus's mausoleum, rose, pigeon and the line "Sevelim, sevilelim" (Let us love, let us be loved)

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See also

References