TRY Turkish Lira
Buy and sell Turkish Lira in Sydney
Turkish lira notes across the counter at Suite 202A, Level 2, 60 York Street, NSW 2000, open weekdays from 9:30am to 5pm, quoted live for buying and for selling back, at 0% commission.
How to get your Turkish lira
Check the rate, come up to Level 2, collect.
Check today's TRY exchange rate
Read it off the calculator in two directions: lira for your Australian dollars, and Australian dollars for lira you already hold.
Visit our store
Come up to Suite 202A, Level 2, 60 York Street, NSW 2000, minutes from Wynyard on foot, or call (02) 8014 4222 so the lira is ready when you arrive.
Get your cash
Counting happens in the open, the cash is handed over immediately, and unspent lira is bought back here afterwards.
Key information about the Turkish lira
Six denominations, a 2005 revaluation, and prices that will not sit still.
The lira is Turkey's money, issued from Ankara by the country's central bank, and one lira divides into 100 kurus. Six zeros were struck off the old lira in 2005, which is why historic prices look absurd. It floats freely and has fallen hard for years, making it one of the world's more volatile currencies.
Notes run ₺5, ₺10, ₺20, ₺50, ₺100 and ₺200, all from the E-9 group with Atatürk on the front. New series of the same denominations keep appearing and every version stays valid, so a ₺50 printed in 2024 and one printed years earlier both spend. There is no ₺500 note, whatever inflation has done to prices.
Turkey is a long trip from Australia but a steady one, and buying Turkish lira in Sydney before you go means arriving with cash already in hand. The lira is one of 22 currencies we quote. Photo ID comes with you; a phone call first pins down a note mix; leftovers come back for the buy-back rate.
Turkish Lira details
- Currency
- Turkish Lira
- Code
- TRY
- Symbol
- ₺
- Subunit
- 100 kurus
- Central bank
- Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye
Turkish Lira in use
- Banknotes
- ₺5 and ₺10 for small change, ₺20 and ₺50 in the middle, ₺100 and ₺200 at the top - the ₺200 is the largest note printed, and several series of each denomination circulate side by side, all of them valid
- Coins
- 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 kurus, plus ₺1 and a ₺5 coin introduced in 2023; the smallest kurus pieces are seldom seen in change now
- Used in
- Turkey
- Also used
- Northern Cyprus runs on the Turkish lira, while the Republic of Cyprus to the south uses the euro. No other currency is tied to the lira, which floats on the open market.
Ask for a spread rather than a wall of ₺200s: the ₺200 is the largest note printed, and a taxi, a simit stall or a bazaar trader may not have change for one early in the day.
Today's TRY exchange rate in Sydney
Because the lira is volatile, the AUD to TRY spread at this counter runs wider than it does on a major pair. The two tables below are both priced off whatever figure the calculator holds right now.
Buying Turkish lira in Sydney
A$1 = ₺32.331
Australian dollars in, lira notes out.
- 0% commission on the lira, and nothing added afterwards - the quoted rate is the entire price
- Payment is cash only for now - there are no card payments at the counter
- Lean on 50s and 100s with some 20s mixed in: a 200 is awkward at a stall or in a taxi
Selling Turkish lira back in Sydney
₺100 = A$2.78
Lira notes in, Australian dollars out.
- The Australian dollars are paid out the moment the count is settled
- Each note is checked during the count; badly torn or taped ones may be refused
- Every E-9 series is still current, so an older ₺100 and a 2025 ₺100 are equally good lira
This board is our own and the lira moves more than most, so figures here can change during the day. The calculator's stamp covers both tables, and the figure agreed when you hand the money over is what applies.
What things cost in Turkey
Istanbul and the Aegean resorts cost more than inland towns, and summer lifts everything. Read these as ranges: lira prices were revised repeatedly through 2026.
Turkey travel money tips
One thing catches out nearly everyone in Turkey, plus three smaller ones.
Lira prices are a moving target
Turkish inflation ran above 30% through 2026, so a price quoted in lira has a short shelf life: menus get reprinted, transport fares are reset mid-year, and a figure you read in a blog from last summer can be badly out. Treat every lira number here, and everywhere else, as a range rather than a quote. It also means there is little point stockpiling lira months ahead of a trip.
Things to see in Turkey
Byzantine domes, Roman marble, balloon dawns and a bazaar trading since the 1400s - with cash for the taxi, the tea and the tip.
Why exchange Turkish lira with us
Kitting out for Istanbul, or unloading the lira that came home in a wallet - the same registered CBD counter prices both, live.
0% commission, no fees on top
There is 0% commission on the AUD to TRY rate and nothing separate for service or handling. Whatever lira figure the calculator puts beside your A$ is the figure that crosses the counter.
Live, timestamped counter rates
Lira rates on this page are set on our own board and stamped with the moment they changed - which matters more with a currency this jumpy than with a stable one. Buying and selling are quoted separately.
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Something missing? Give (02) 8014 4222 a call while we are trading.
The calculator above carries it, in both directions. Lira rates need watching more closely than most: Turkish inflation was still running above 30% in 2026 and the currency has slid for years, which is also why the gap between our buying and selling rate on the lira is wider than on a major pair. Whatever the counter quotes at the moment of exchange is the number the deal is done at.
Suite 202A is upstairs on Level 2 at 60 York Street, NSW 2000; Wynyard station is four minutes away on foot, in the Sydney CBD. Trading runs weekdays only, 9:30am to 5pm; weekends and public holidays are closed. No appointment is needed; just bring photo ID. Ring (02) 8014 4222 first if you want a particular amount put together before you arrive.
Our buying table further down runs A$1,000 and four other amounts through the counter's current selling rate, and it re-prices whenever the calculator does. Because the lira moves quickly, treat the number as an indication of the moment rather than a quote you can hold. Whatever the window settles on as you swap is what your exchange runs on.
No commission, either way. What you agree at the window is the entire price, with no service charge or handling fee behind it. What the lira does carry is a wider buy-sell gap than a currency like the US dollar, because it is volatile and the notes still have to be held and shipped - but that gap sits inside the rate, not as a fee on top.
Usually, yes - the lira is one of 22 currencies dealt at this counter and Turkey is a well-travelled destination out of Sydney. Because lira notes top out at 200, a decent sum turns into a thick bundle, so if you want several thousand lira it is worth phoning (02) 8014 4222 ahead, and the amount can be confirmed and held.
Middle sizes. The 50s and 100s do the daily work, with a few 20s for tea, taxis and tips. The 200 is the largest note printed and, with prices where they are, it is not unusual, but small traders and drivers still struggle to change one early in the day. Kurus coins barely feature in day-to-day change any more.
Yes, at the counter, priced on the live buy-back figure in the calculator. Two things to bear in mind with lira in particular. Notes need to be whole and clean, since anything we take is resold. And lira left sitting in a drawer for a year loses ground to inflation, so bringing it back soon after the trip is the sensible move.
Some tourist businesses will take them, and a handful of big-ticket items are actually priced in euro - Hagia Sophia charges foreign visitors that way. Everywhere else the lira is the currency you need: markets, taxis, tea houses, small restaurants and public transport all work in lira, and paying in foreign notes usually means accepting whatever conversion the seller chooses.
Yes. Bring a driver licence or passport whichever direction you are going. Currency exchange is a regulated activity in Australia and AML/CTF obligations require customer identification on certain transactions. It is a quick step at the counter, not a form-filling exercise, and it applies to buying lira and to selling them back.
Need a different currency?
The lira is one of 22 currencies quoted here; open the full rate board to see today's buying and selling figure for each.
