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Because of the chronic inflation experienced in Turkey from the 1970s through to the 1990s, the old lira experienced severe depreciation. Turkey has consistently had high inflation rates compared to developed countries: from an average of 9 lira per U.S. dollar in the late 1960s, the currency came to trade at approximately 1,650,000 lira per U.S. dollar in late 2001.
In 2018, the lira's exchange rate deteriorated rapidly, reaching ₺4.5 per US dollar by mid-May and ₺4.9 a week later. Economists generally attributed the accelerating loss of value to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan preventing the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey from making necessary interest rate adjustments.
The market reacted immediately, moving the Turkish currency to ca. 13.50 liras/USD, after peaking at about 12.30, in what was the widest swing in the exchange rate since 1983. [ 160 ] [ 161 ] 21 December - frenetic trading continues, with the exchange rate dropping to 11.0935 per dollar before going up to about 12.90 later in the morning and 12 ...
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.
The market convention is to quote most exchange rates against the USD with the US dollar as the base currency (e.g. USDJPY, USDCAD, USDCHF). The exceptions are the British pound (GBP), Australian dollar (AUD), the New Zealand dollar (NZD) and the euro (EUR) where the USD is the counter currency (e.g. GBPUSD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURUSD). [citation ...
The current conversion rate, indicated in the table, is based on figures when the minimum wage was announced. 2024 20,002.50 17,002.12 678.68 576.88 29.47 29.47 0% Due to inflation, the conversion rate changes greatly. The current conversion rate, indicated in the table, is based on figures on 1 January, 2024 at 05:44 UTC. 2023 July-December ...
Turkish new lira = 1 million old lira: 2005 "new" is an official designation and was dropped in 2009. New Taiwan dollar = 40 000 old dollars: 1949 "new" is an official designation and is still used in official documents today. Argentine austral = 1 000 Peso argentino: 1985 completely new name Yugoslav 1993 dinar = 1 million 1992 dinara 1993
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 ...