The Turkish government is phasing in new (YTL) banknotes and coins to replace the old (TL) currency in circulation effective January 2005. The new notes will be similar in appearance to the previously issued notes with the exception that the last six zeros on all notes will be eliminated. In other words, an old TL 1 million Lira note will become the new YTL 1 Lira note in 2005. In addition, two new banknotes will be introduced, the YTL 50 Lira note and the YTL 100 Lira note. Older coins and notes will stay in circulation until the end of 2005.

The following is a very rough idea of the cost of living in Marmaris excerpted from aboutmarmaris.com. The prices below are estimated with the exchange rate at 2.000.000 TL to GBP1 which was the average exchange rate at the time of publication, but please note, the Lira can vary daily. Check with a currency converter for up to date rates.

All prices are approximate and rounded up or down.

Item	Pound	Dollar	Euro
Kilo of tomatoes/most veg	0.25	0.35	0.37
Loaf of bread	0.15	0.25	0.30
Half kilo of butter	0 .60	1.60	1.40
Kilo of cheese	1.20	3.50	3.70
10 Eggs	0.50	0.65	0.67
Litre of Milk	0.40	0.60	0.62
Kilo of meat	2.50	4.00	4.00
Cafe Meal (from)	1.50	2.19	2.30
Packet of Cigarettes	0.76	1.12	1.19
Restaurant Meal (from)	5.00	7.30	7.77
Beer/shop	0.50	0.73	0.77
Beer/bar	1.00	1.46	1.55
Vodka/whiskey/gin etc	1.00	1.46	1.55
Bottle of wine	5.00	8.00	7.00
Soft drinks	0.50	0.73	0.77

* Telephone calls to other countries are very expensive

To view images of the new Turkish currency visit this site:
http://www.tourarium.com/general/currency.htm