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Currency Regulations
Limits: There is a
limit on the cash amount of foreign currency that may be brought into Turkey, more than 5,000 USD worth of Turkish currency
may not be brought in to or taken out of the country.
Currency:
The currency in Turkey is Turkish Lira, however starting from 01.01.2005 six zeros are deleted from Turkish Lira.
Even the Turkish people are having difficulties as to get used to it therefore we highly recommend you to pay attention
to the following tips:
- Name of the currency is YTL.
- 1 YTL= 1,000,000 TL, six zeros are dropped from Turkish Lira.
- The subunit of YTL is YK / 1 YTL= 100 YKr.
- YTL banknotes: 1, 5, 10, 20, and 100 YTL.
- YTL coins: 1,5,10,25,50 Yeni Kuruş (YKr) and 1 YTL.
General Information
Banking Hours:
Banks are open during the week days from 08:30 am. to 05:00 pm.
Some are open at weekends as well. Branches in major hotels are available.
Drinking Water: Bottled water is recommended although the water is chlorinated in major cities.
Electrical Appliances:
The electric current in Turkey is 220 volts AC in all parts of the country.
The major hotels in the main cities have adaptors and converters available
for guest's use.
Time:
Turkish standard time is two hours ahead of Greenwich mean time; one hour
ahead of central European time and 7 hours ahead of U.S., eastern standard
time.
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