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20 000 Lira Red and blue ornament
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası |
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| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI YİRMİ BİN TÜRK LİRASI 14 OCAK 1970 TARİH VE 1211 SAYILI KANUNA GÖRE ÇIKARILMIŞTIR (Translation: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Twenty Thousand Turkish Lira, Issued according to the law number 1211 of 14 January 1970) |
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| Reverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI 20000 YİRMİ BİN TÜRK LİRASI (Translation: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Twenty Thousand Turkish Lira) |
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Turkey's seventh emission series, introduced through the 1980s, was shaped directly by the chronic inflation that had been tearing through the economy since the late 1970s. The 20,000 Lira denomination — unthinkable in earlier Turkish monetary planning — was a symptom of that pressure. By the time this note was being actively circulated, inflation routinely exceeded 60–70% annually, and the 20,000 Lira was itself becoming inadequate within a few years of issue.
The Banknot Matbaası in Ankara has printed Turkish currency in-house since 1955, giving the central bank unusual operational independence from foreign security printers. Watermark protection alone reflects the period's relatively modest security expectations before the polymer and hologram upgrades that came with later redenominations.