Turkish Lira - Banknotes

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 Turkish lira denomination. The new banknotes have different sizes to prevent forgery. 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.

Current Turkish lira banknotes
Image Value
Dimensions
(mm)
Main Colour Description Date of issue
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse Watermark
5 130 × 64 Brown Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Aydın Sayılı, diagrams of solar system, atom, ancient cave and a left-handed Z-DNA helix. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Value 1 January 2009
10 136 × 64 Red Cahit Arf, Arf invariant, arithmetic series, abacus, binary
20 142 × 68 Green Architect Kemaleddin, Gazi University main building, aqueduct, circular motif and cube-globe-cylinder symbolizing architecture
50 148 × 68 Orange Fatma Aliye Topuz, flower and literary figures
100 154 × 72 Blue Buhurizade Itri, notes, instruments and Mevlevi figure
200 160 × 72 Violet Yunus Emre, Yunus's mausoleum, rose, pigeon and the line "Sevelim, sevilelim" (Let us love, let us be loved)

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