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50 Lira
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1976-1983 |
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| Currency | Old lira (1923-2005) |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents an intaglio engraving of the marble fountain (Şadırvan) in the courtyard of Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, set within an oval guilloche border with a decorative leaf-and-petal surround. The background carries an elaborate multicolour arabesque underprint in blue, pink, and teal. Denomination numerals '50' appear in ornate cartouches at upper right and lower right, with the value inscription in brown letterpress at lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI TÜRK 50 LİRASI 50 TÜRK LİRASI (Translation: Central Bank of the Turkish Republic / 50 Turkish Lira) |
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P#188 spans a seven-year emission window, 1976 to 1983, a period during which Turkey endured two military interventions — the 1971 "coup by memorandum" had already passed, but the September 1980 takeover brought wholesale institutional disruption, including a hard reset of economic policy under IMF pressure. Notes from the early dates of this series circulated through some of the worst inflation Turkey had seen to that point, with the lira losing significant purchasing power before the denomination itself was eventually rendered obsolete by later inflationary waves requiring far larger figures.
Printed entirely in-house at the Ankara banknote facility, which the Central Bank has operated since 1955.