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20 Lira
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 2009-2022 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in three-quarter view occupies the right half of the note against a green and red guilloche underprint incorporating the crescent-and-star motif of the Turkish flag. The denomination numeral '20' appears in large format at center-left and lower-left, with the written value 'YİRMİ TÜRK LİRASI' printed in intaglio below the central numeral. A color-shifting OVI numeral '20' with crescent-and-star is positioned at upper right, alongside a latent-image security element panel. |
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| Reverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI YİRMİ TÜRK LİRASI (Translation: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Twenty Turkish Lira) |
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The 20 Lira note belongs to the eighth emission series, introduced after the redenomination that stripped six zeroes from the old Turkish lira in 2005 — one of the most extreme currency rescalings in modern history, made necessary by inflation that had pushed nominal values into the millions. The new lira (Yeni Türk Lirası, later simply Türk Lirası from 2009) was a deliberate psychological reset as much as a technical one.
Printed entirely in-house at the Ankara banknote printing works, which has produced Turkish currency continuously since 1955. The color-shifting ink on this denomination is applied via intaglio, a relatively costly security measure for a mid-range face value.