Turkey Banknotes and Coins

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Banknotes of the Turkish Republic

The Banknotes of the First Emission Group - Türk Lirası
The Committee chaired by Abdulhalik Renda, the Minister of Finance, decided to issue First Emission Group banknotes in the denominations 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 Turkish Lira at the end of a nine month-study. The production of new banknotes was commissioned to an English printing firm, Thomas De La Rue, and these banknotes were printed by intaglio technique on papers with watermarks.
As banknotes of this emission group were printed before the Alphabet Revolution on 1 November 1928, their main text was in Arabic letters, whereas the denominations were in French.
Being as the first banknotes of the Turkish Republic, First Emission Group banknotes (E1) were put into circulation on 5 December 1927. Also, Evrak-ı Nakdiye were withdrawn from circulation on 4 December 1927, and lost their value as legal tender on 4 September 1928.

  1 Turkish Lira    5 Turkish Lira    10 Turkish Lira    50 Turkish Lira    100 Turkish Lira    500 Turkish Lira    1000 Turkish Lira


The Banknotes of 2nd Emission Group
Following the establishment of the CBRT, the banknotes printed before the Alphabet Revolution were replaced with the new ones printed in the Latin alphabet.
The new banknotes, prepared in the Latin alphabet ranged in 9 different values and 11 series, consisting of denominations 50 Kuruş, 1, 21/2, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 Turkish Lira. The 50 Kuruş denomination was printed in Germany, and the others were produced in England.
The Second Emission Group (E2), which contains the first issue of the CBRT’s 5 Turkish Lira denomination, was  put into circulation between 1937 and 1944.
This emission group has both Atatürk and İsmet İnönü (the second President of the Republic) portrayed on the banknotes.
Banknotes that could not be put into circulation during the Second World War

50 Kuruş and 100 Turkish Lira denominations, printed in England and bearing the portrait of İnönü, were damaged on their way to Turkey in a ship attack in the Port of Piraeus. Also, the denomination of 50 Turkish Lira could not be put into circulation because of an air raid that damaged the printing plant in London.

1 Turkish Lira   2 1/2 Turkish Lira   5 Turkish Lira   10 Turkish Lira   
50 Turkish Lira   100 Turkish Lira   1000 Turkish Lira


The Banknotes of 3nd Emission Group L. 1930 (1942-1947) "İsmet İnönü"
Third Emission Group banknotes, all of which bore  the portrait of İsmet İnönü, were put into circulation between 1942 and 1947 in 7 series and 6 different values, consisting of the denominations 21/2, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 Turkish Lira. This group of banknotes was printed in England, Germany and the United States of America.



The Banknotes of 4th Emission Group L. 1930 (1947-1948) "İsmet İnönü"
The Fourth Emission Group banknotes, which had the least number of denominations and series in the ninth emission groups, were printed in the United States of America in 2 different values  - 10 and 100 Turkish Lira- in 3 series. These banknotes, all of which bore the portrait of İnönü, were put into circulation in 1947 and 1948.
The Banknotes of 5th Emission Group L. 1930 (1951-1961) "Atatürk"
The Fifth Emission Group banknotes were printed in 32 series and 7 different values consisting of the denominations 21/2, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 Turkish Lira. They were put into circulation between 1951 and 1971.
Attempts to establish a banknote printing plant in our country were initiated at the end of 1930s but postponed due to the Second World War. In 1951, studies started again, and the Banknote Printing Plant was established and started producing banknotes in 1958.
Some of the Fifth Emission Group banknotes were printed in England and some were produced in our Banknote Printing Plant. The 1,000 Turkish Lira denomination, named by the people as the "Purple Thousand", was also in this emission group.

The banknotes used to be printed in the United States of America, England and Germany before the establishment of the Banknote Printing Plant in 1958. The denomination of 100 Turkish Lira in the third series of the Fifth Emission Group (E5) was the first banknote printed in Turkey.

2 1/2 Turkish Lira   5 Turkish Lira   10 Turkish Lira   50 Turkish Lira   
100 Turkish Lira   500 Turkish Lira   1000 Turkish Lira

L. 1930 (1951-1965) "Atatürk"
5 Turkish Lira   50 Turkish Lira   100 Turkish Lira   500 Turkish Lira


 The Banknotes of 6nd Emission Group - Türk Lirası
The Sixth Emission Group banknotes were issued in 7 different values and 18 series, consisting of the denominations 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 Turkish Lira. They were put into circulation between the years 1966 - 1983. Of these banknotes, the first series of 20 Turkish Lira was printed in England and the others were printed in Turkey.

  5 Turkish Lira    10 Turkish Lira    20 Turkish Lira    50 Turkish Lira    100 Turkish Lira    500 Turkish Lira    1000 Turkish Lira


 The Banknotes of 7nd Emission Group - Türk Lirası
The Seventh Emission Group banknotes, which were first put into circulation  in 1979, were issued in 36 series and 15 different values, consisting of the denominations 10, 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, 100,000, 250,000, 500,000, 1,000,000, 5,000,000, 10,000,000 and 20,000,000 Turkish Lira as of 2002. All of these banknotes were printed in Turkey.

E7 Emission Group banknotes were withdrawn on 1 January 2006 and will lose their value at the end of the 10-year redemption period.




The Banknotes of 8nd Emission Group - Yeni Türk Lirası
According to the Law on the Currency Unit of the Republic of Turkey (Law No: 5083, dated 28.01.2004) and in the framework of the six zero-dropping operation which was realized for the first time in our country, the eighth emission group was put into circulation on 1 January 2005, in six different values consisting of the denominations 1,5,10,20,50 and 100 New Turkish Lira. All of these banknotes were printed in Turkey.

The Eighth Emission Group banknotes were withdrawn on 1 January 2010 and will lose their value at the end of the 10-year redemption period.

  1 New Turkish Lira      5 New Turkish Lira      10 New Turkish Lira    20 New Turkish Lira    50 New Turkish Lira    100 New Turkish Lira



The Banknotes of 9nd Emission Group - Türk Lirası System
According to Article 1 of the Law on the Currency Unit of the Republic of Turkey, numbered 5083, the Council of Ministers was authorized to remove the prefix "New" from the "New Turkish Lira" and from the "New Kurus". The council determined that this change would take effect on January 1, 2009, as published in the Official Gazette on May 5, 2007. 

The Ninth Emission Group Turkish Lira banknotes with their renewed designs, systematic size variation and advanced security features have been put into circulation on January 1, 2009, in six different values consisting of denominations 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 Turkish Lira. The Ninth Emission Group second series 10, 20 and 100 Turkish Lira banknotes were issued on December 24, 2012. The Ninth Emission Group second series 5, 50 and 200 Turkish Lira banknotes were issued on April 8, 2013. Other than the change in dominant color of second series 5 Turkish Lira and change in signatures of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 Turkish Lira banknotes, E-9 Emission group second series banknotes are identical to the first series banknotes. E9 Emission Group is composed of two series and six denominations. The Ninth Emission Group second series banknotes are concurrently in circulation with the first series.
Since the foundation of the Republic, banknotes have been put into circulation in 24 different values, 132 series and in 9 issue groups. All of the banknotes in the first six emission groups and some of the banknotes in the seventh group were withdrawn from circulation at various dates and lost their values at the end of their 10-year redemption periods.


General Directorate of Banknote Printing Plant, which has been producing our banknotes since 1958, is capable of making original composition and plates in contemporary standards that requires a long experience. All of the design, plate making and printing works of denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 ve 200 Turkish Lira from E9 Emission Group are successfully carried out by its own experienced staff and equipment.

5 Turkish Lira    10 Turkish Lira    20 Turkish Lira    50 Turkish Lira   
100 Turkish Lira    200 Turkish Lira