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  2. Turkish lira - Wikipedia

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    The Turkish lira, the French livre (until 1794), the Italian lira (until 2002), Lebanese pound and the pound unit of account in sterling (a translation of the Latin libra; the word "pound" as a unit of weight is still abbreviated as "lb.") are the modern descendants of the ancient currency.

  3. Ottoman lira - Wikipedia

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    Until the 1930s and the Turkish alphabet reform, the Arabic script was used on Turkish coins and banknotes, with پاره for para, قروش for kuruş and ليرا for lira (تورك ليراسي for 'Turkish lira'). In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre, whilst the lira was known as the livre in French and the pound in ...

  4. Kuruş - Wikipedia

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    In 1844, the Turkish gold lira was introduced as the new standard denomination. It was divided into 100 silver kuruş and the kuruş continued to circulate until the 1970s. Kuruş eventually became obsolete due to the chronic inflation in Turkey in the late 1970s. A currency reform on 1 January 2005 provided its return as 1 ⁄ 100 of the new lira.

  5. British currency in the Middle East - Wikipedia

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    The first territory in the Middle East to adopt the pound sterling unit of account was Cyprus.At the time of the occupation in 1878, for the purpose of paying the troops the British government instructed that a Turkish lira was to be rated at 9 ⁄ 10 of a pound sterling. [5]

  6. Turkey's lira logs worst year in two decades under Erdogan - AOL

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    Turkey's lira has logged its worst year since President Tayyip Erdogan came to power nearly two decades ago, despite his appeal on Friday for Turks to trust his unorthodox policies of slashing ...

  7. List of currencies in Europe - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom's currency, sterling, ... Northern Cyprus does not have its own currency and has adopted the Turkish lira. Similarly, ...

  8. Turkey hopes for lower US tariffs under Trump, lira rallies - AOL

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    ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey expects Donald Trump's White House will lower tariffs on its steel and textile exports, the trade minister said on Thursday, as the lira and Turkish assets continued to ...

  9. Lira - Wikipedia

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    Lira is the name of several currency units. It is the current currency of Turkey and also the local name of the currencies of Lebanon and of Syria.It is also the name of several former currencies, including those of Italy, Malta and Israel.