Turkish lira sign (₺)
The Turkish lira sign (₺) stands for the Turkish lira. The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye introduced it in March 2012. In the bank’s words, its anchor shape and two upward lines stand for confidence and a steadily rising value.
How to read it
Unicode encodes it as TURKISH LIRA SIGN (U+20BA), the official lira currency sign for Turkey. The central bank chose the design for two qualities, “confidence” and “steadily rising value”. In its words, the anchor-like sign says that the Turkish lira has become a “safe haven”, and the upward-pointing parallel lines stand for the steadily rising value of the lira and the Turkish economy. Before the sign, the currency was usually written TL, and Unicode notes that the abbreviation is still in use. The ISO code is TRY.
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Sources
- Currency Symbols: Range 20A0–20CF (code chart), The Unicode Standard, Version 18.0, Unicode Consortium, 20BA
- Chapter 22, Symbols: 22.1 Currency Symbols, The Unicode Standard, Version 18.0, Core Specification, Unicode Consortium, 22.1 Currency Symbols (Turkish Lira Sign)
- Unicode 6.2 to Support the Turkish Lira Sign, The Unicode Blog, May 2012, Unicode Consortium, Post text
- Turkish Lira Sign, About the Bank, Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye, Page text
- Lira’s symbol reflects power of economy, Erdoğan says, Hürriyet Daily News, 2 March 2012, Hürriyet Daily News, Article text
- ISO 4217 currency code list (List One), Current currency and funds code list, SIX Financial Information (ISO 4217 Maintenance Agency), Türkiye
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