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| Five Hundred Turkish Lira |
Banknotes of Turkey 500 Turkish Lira "Türk Lirasi" note 1984 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası - Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
Obverse: A portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the right.
Reverse: The Clock Tower in Izmir
Quantity printed TL.105.509.500.000
Place where printed Banknote Printing Plant
Issue date 21.05.1984
Date of withdrawal 21.08.1989
End of legal circulation 21.08.1990
End of redemption period 21.08.1999
Date of loss of value 22.08.1999
Signatures Yavuz CANEVİ, Ruhi HASESKİ
Dimensions 72x140 mm
Dominant colour
Front colour Blue
Back colour Blue
Banknotes of Turkey - Paper Money from Turkey
The Banknotes of 7nd Emission Group - Türk Lirası
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İzmir Clock Tower
Izmir Clock Tower (Turkish: İzmir Saat Kulesi) is a historic clock tower located at the Konak Square in Konak district of İzmir, Turkey.
The clock tower was designed by the Levantine French architect Raymond Charles Père and built in 1901 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Abdülhamid II's accession to the throne (reigned 1876–1909). The clock itself was a gift from German Emperor Wilhelm II (reigned 1888–1918). It is decorated in an elaborate Ottoman architecture style. The tower, which has an iron and lead skeleton, is 25 m (82 ft) high and features four fountains (şadırvan), which are placed around the base in a circular pattern. The columns are inspired by Moorish themes.
The clock tower was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 500 lira banknotes of 1983-1989.
In the former Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in present-day Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin towns such as Belgrade, Prijepolje, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Gradačac and Stara Varoš, similar Ottoman era clock towers still exist and are called Sahat Kula (derived from the Turkish words Saat Kulesi, meaning Clock Tower.)