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1.       Loveprague
627 posts 		 23 Nov 2006 Thu 04:14 pm

Hi all,
I was just looking on the Ataturk airport website and came across one shop that give example prices unfortunately they were in Old Turkish Lira, how much is 3-5 million old Turkish Lira worth in todays New currency?

2.       aslan2
507 posts 		 23 Nov 2006 Thu 04:21 pm

Quoting Loveprague:

Hi all,
I was just looking on the Ataturk airport website and came across one shop that give example prices unfortunately they were in Old Turkish Lira, how much is 3-5 million old Turkish Lira worth in todays New currency?


Drop 6 zeros.
1 million TL = 1 YTL (or drop million if you prefer)

However we have now kuruş (0.01=1/100 YTL)

It's almost 2 years, after switching to YTL, but we still use old one (including myself). Thinking in millions and billions seems easier to us. Yes it's odd.

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