200 Turkish lira note & bill

200 Turkish lira the front is President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Holographic Stripe

The foil is made up of various motifs that are in harmony with the note design. When looking at a banknote from various angles, these motifs display colourful and shiny reflections. "TL" letters in the rectangle change into the denomination numeral.

Security Thread

Embedded in the paper, the thread bears the letters "TL" and the denomination numeral "200". When holding a banknote to the light, the thread can be seen from both sides as a continuous line.

Latent Number

Concealed "200" can be seen when the banknote is tilted horizontally at the eye level.

Watermark

Reproduces the small version of the Atatürk's portrait located on the obverse side of the banknote and the denomination numeral "200". It can be seen from both sides when held up to the light.

Intaglio Printing

Located at various positions on the obverse side of the banknotes and can be felt with fingertips.

Iridescent Stripe

Gives different colour effects, shifting into a golden yellow. The denomination numeral "200" and the letters "TL" can be seen when the banknote is tilted.

200 Turkish lira the back is Yunus Emre

Yunus Emre (Turkish pronunciation: [juˈnus emˈɾe]) (1238–1320) was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic who greatly influenced Turkish culture His name, Yunus, is the equivalent to the English name Jonah. He wrote in the Old Anatolian Turkish language, an early stage of modern Turkish.

The UNESCO General Conference unanimously passed a resolution declaring 1991, the 750th anniversary of the poet's birth, "The International Yunus Emre Year".