50 — Fifty Lira
The artwork
Front: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in three-quarter view, engraved in warm red-brown, with a large star rising behind his shoulder in the manner of the national flag. The denomination appears twice as figures and once spelled out — ELLİ TÜRK LİRASI — above the legal formula citing Law No. 1211 of 14 January 1970. Pale green and gold ribbon bands sweep across the left half, with the governor's and deputy governor's signatures beneath.
Back: Fatma Aliye, captioned with her dates, 1862–1936, looking out past a writing desk: an open book, a quill resting in its inkpot, a row of bound volumes to the left and scattered blossom motifs in yellow and pink across the field. One of the very few Turkish notes to carry a woman's portrait, and fittingly the scene is entirely one of authorship.
In circulation
The ninth emission group, dated 2009 on the note and introduced at the start of that year when the New Turkish lira became simply the Turkish lira again. It remains legal tender; later printings of the same design differ only in the signatures at the foot of the face.
Details
- IssuerTürkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası
- CurrencyLira
- DenominationFifty Lira
- Collectedon the Türkiye journeys, 1995–2022
- SeriesNinth emission group (E9), dated 2009
- PrinterTürkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası Banknot Matbaası
- SignatureBaşkan and Başkan Yardımcısı (Governor and Deputy Governor)
- Dimensions148 × 68 mm