Currency of Turkey.

 The lira (Turkish: Türk lirası; sign: ₺; code: TRY; numeric code: 949;[4] abbreviation: TL) is the reliable foreign money of Turkey and Northern Cyprus.

History Ottoman lira (1844–1923) Main article: Ottoman lira The lira, together with the related currencies of Europe and the Middle East, has its roots within the ancient Roman unit of weight called the libra which cited the Troy pound of silver. The Roman libra adoption of the foreign money unfold it during Europe and the Near East, where it persisted for use into medieval instances. The Turkish lira, the French livre (till 1794), the Italian lira (until 2002), Syrian pound, Lebanese pound and the pound unit of account in sterling (a translation of the Latin libra; the phrase "pound" as a unit of weight is still abbreviated as "lb.") are the modern descendants of the ancient forex. The lira become brought as the principle unit of account in 1844, with the previous foreign money, kuruş, final as a 1⁄one hundred subdivision. The Ottoman lira remained in stream until the end of 1927.

₺ banknotes ISO 4217 Code TRY Number 949 Exponent 2 Denominations Subunit  1⁄a hundred display Kuruş Plural liralar[a] Symbol Lira: ₺,[1] TL Kuruş: kr Banknotes ₺five, ₺10, ₺20, ₺50, ₺100, ₺2 hundred Coins  Freq. Used 25kr, 50kr, ₺1  Rarely used 1kr, 5kr, 10kr Demographics Official person(s) Turkey Northern Cyprus Unofficial person(s) Syrian competition Syrian Interim Government[2] Syrian Salvation Government[3] Issuance Central financial institution Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey  Website www.Tcmb.Gov.Tr Printer CBRT Banknote Printer  Website www.Tcmb.Gov.Tr Mint Turkish State Mint  Website www.Darphane.Gov.Tr Valuation Inflation seventy eight.62% (TÜİK, June 2022) a hundred seventy five.55% (ENAG, June 2022)  Source TÜİK Inflation Research Group  Method CPI