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The Turkish lira partially recovered in early 2021 with the government's increase in interest rates. However, the currency began to crash due to inflation and depreciation starting on 21 March 2021, after the sacking of Central Bank chief Naci Ağbal. The Turkish lira reached a then-all-time-low of ₺8.8 to the dollar on 4 June.
Turkish lira euro (unofficial) sterling (unofficial) ₺ € £ TRY. EUR GBP kuruş. cent penny. Cypriot pound South Ossetia Georgia: Russian ruble ₽ RUB kopeck: Soviet ruble Transnistria Moldova: Transnistrian ruble: руб PRB (unofficial) kopeck Soviet ruble
For the Turkish lira, the Turkish lira sign (U+20BA ₺ TURKISH LIRA SIGN) is used. The Lebanese lira uses £L (before numerals) or L.L. (after numerals) in Latin and ل.ل. in Arabic. The Syrian lira uses £S (before numerals) or L.S. (after numerals) in Latin and ل.س in Arabic.
Meanwhile, back in 1840, despite Egypt's separate coinage, it was agreed under the Turkish-Egyptian treaty dated that same year, that coins struck in Turkey and Egypt should nevertheless maintain equal value. However, in 1844, the Ottoman piastre was devalued in conjunction with the creation of a new Ottoman lira unit, but Egypt did not follow ...
The pound, or lira (Greek: λίρα, plural λίρες, and Turkish: lira, Ottoman Turkish: لیره, from the Latin libra via the Italian lira; sign: £, sometimes £C [1] for distinction), was the currency of Cyprus, including the Sovereign Base Areas in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, [2] [3] from 1879 to 2007, when the Republic of Cyprus adopted the euro.
Turkish lira has also replaced Syrian pound in other Turkish occupied areas of northern Syria, such as Afrin and Jarablus. [ 19 ] On 3 March 2021, the Syrian pound hit a new record low on the black market, where US$1 bought LS 4,000, affected by a new low of Lebanese pound which hit LL 10,000 to the dollar. [ 20 ]
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.
ALL 500: Ismail Kemal: ... The official currency of Turkey is the Turkish lira (TRY). The motifs used are: Denomination ... GBP 5 (Bridges series (2007))