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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.
The new Turkish lira (Turkish: Yeni Türk Lirası) was the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2008 which was a transition period for the removal of six zeroes from the currency. [1] The new lira was subdivided into 100 new kuruş (yeni kuruş).
Carolingian pound (Latin: libra), a unit of weight and coinage, ancestor of German: Pfund, French: livre, Spanish: peso, Lira (Italian: lira, Turkish: lira) as well as the English word pound. Libra (weight), an ancient Roman unit of weight, basis for the Carolingian pound; Local exchange trading system: many British LETS use(d) the term "pound"
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.
In the transitional period between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2008, the second Turkish lira was officially called "new Turkish lira" (abbr: YTL) in Turkey. Banknotes, referred to by the Central Bank as the "E-8 Emission Group", were introduced in 2005 in denominations of YTL 1, YTL 5, YTL 10, YTL 20, YTL 50, and YTL 100.
Neapolitan lira – Naples (Kingdom of Joachim Murat) Ottoman Turkish lira – Ottoman Empire; Papal States lira – Papal States; Parman lira – Parma; Sammarinese lira – San Marino; Sardinian lira – Sardinia; Tripolitanian lira (ليرة) – Tripolitania; Turkish lira – Turkey, Northern Cyprus; Turkish new lira – Turkey, Northern ...
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 ...
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] There was a complication, however, in that although one lira was equal to 100 Turkish piastres , this rate differed in practice between different locations.