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Turkey Related Subjects => Cost of Living in Turkey => Topic started by: Linda1953 on January 24, 2008, 13:55:23 PM

Title: old money
Post by: Linda1953 on January 24, 2008, 13:55:23 PM

Is it too late to get rid of old lira money  :)??

Title: old money
Post by: amanda bullock on January 24, 2008, 14:23:25 PM

we've got a bit too???

Title: old money
Post by: cenk on January 24, 2008, 14:39:41 PM

For coins , unfortunatelly you can keep them only as a memory but for notes , you can change them in Turkish Central Bank or in Ziraat Bank in the areas where Central Bank dont have a branch . There is no branch of central bank in Fethiye . So you can go to Ziraat Bank.
Cenk

Title: old money
Post by: amanda bullock on January 24, 2008, 18:36:24 PM

thanks Cenk

Title: old money
Post by: KKOB on January 24, 2008, 18:42:31 PM

There's talk of them changing the notes again on 1st January 2009. The new ones won't have the word "Yeni (New)" on them. So the currency will revert to Turkish Lira again.

Title: old money
Post by: amanda bullock on January 24, 2008, 18:47:07 PM

o for gods sake!!!!!!

Title: old money
Post by: Scunner on January 24, 2008, 18:50:13 PM

Can I exchange the new ones for the newer ones when that happens?

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Post by: KKOB on January 24, 2008, 18:51:55 PM

Only if you have the old new ones.

It's no good if you have new old ones.

Title: old money
Post by: starman on January 24, 2008, 18:55:43 PM

YTL is now discontinued but the notes will just drop the word YENi, thats all.
The habit of talking prices in millions is still very much alive though.

Title: old money
Post by: heather07 on January 24, 2008, 22:01:05 PM

quote:

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Originally posted by Scunner

Can I exchange the new ones for the newer ones when that happens?

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Thought your wife spent all your money??  End of problem:D

Title: old money
Post by: lindacarl on January 24, 2008, 22:17:52 PM

Ebay might be the place to sell.
We left tips last time we went to US of a Million Lira - they were VERY impressed. PMSL Even when we told them how little is was worth the people we gave them too were delighted with their tips & showing everyone.
Will have to see if we have any left for the next trip.
If someone hasn't seen a Million note - it IS a real talking point.

Title: old money
Post by: Linda1953 on January 29, 2008, 11:58:28 AM

think I will just commit them to memory - thanks for this  :))

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Post by: tribalelder on January 29, 2008, 16:29:05 PM

I kept a nice crisp 20000000 Lira note just for nostalgia....it was nice to remember how rich we thought we were with handful of these! 8)

Title: old money
Post by: starman on January 29, 2008, 18:24:18 PM

I got a nice crisp 50 kurus note along with every denomination the Turkish republic has ever printed apart from the 100 lira note which I spent today on a meal.

Title: old money
Post by: Linda1953 on January 30, 2008, 12:37:07 PM

Sadly I just got a purse full of old dusty coins...:(((((((((((