Thank you KKOB for understanding a simple question, see I told Gordon they were not all locked up
Jim Fraser Thank you so much for your answer. it appears to be the best bet change money in Turkey than Swift transfer funds back to UK to change to Sterling, if we used the UK bank we would lose thousands. 3.19-3.20
If I had 5000TL and wanted to change to Sterling in UK I would get back £1567.
If I change it in Turkey then I will get £1694 a difference of £127 which to me is worth nearly £10,000. so not quite a silly question.
Thank you for all your help.