Atatürk looking at you, as you get richer (Turkish notes)

Found this little “easter egg” on Instagram. Slowly turning towards you 😁😂

When they introduce the 500 Lira denomination, is he going to have an open hand extended toward you?

That's very good! I never noticed it before. A good security feature too.

Hahahaha!! That's amazing. Haven't noticed that before. 😄

But if you have 100 liras and exchange them for 20 banknotes of 5 liras, he will look sideways again.

Getting richer may be stretching it. 200 Lira is worth like $4 at most or something.

No offence, but Ataturk died in 1938 and I know he's a national hero, but surely some other famous person from Turkiye could make it on to a note. Also Erdogan is not the biggest fan of him, as his modernistic ways clashed with Erdogan's conservative stance.

Moneytane

[…], but surely some other famous person from Turkiye […]

I see more and more people writing Turkey as Turkiye (or correctly spelt: Türkiye), and I just don't get it. Turkey has only changed its name in formal and diplomatic contexts. To me, this is neither.

Remember TRY inflation rate? You are not getting richer by looking at him.

Moneytane

No offence, but Ataturk died in 1938 and I know he's a national hero, but surely some other famous person from Turkiye could make it on to a note. Also Erdogan is not the biggest fan of him, as his modernistic ways clashed with Erdogan's conservative stance.

Ataturk was a founding father of modern Turkey - it is quite appropriate that he should be smiling from the banknotes. I can't think of anyone else who might replace him on them.

ngdawa

Moneytane

[…], but surely some other famous person from Turkiye […]

I see more and more people writing Turkey as Turkiye (or correctly spelt: Türkiye), and I just don't get it. Turkey has only changed its name in formal and diplomatic contexts. To me, this is neither.

 

It became a thing around 2022, basically they were angry the English spelling of their name was based around a fowl like bird, known for its goofy appearance and popularity as a meat eaten by westerners.

I kind of agree with them. I can spell it Turkiye, but my keyboard is British English and does not have the accent marks, dots etc.

That is awesome, the moving portrait. Whoever thought of that was inspired! 🤩

Actually, there are only three engravings. 

Still pretty nice that they used different portraits.

btw, there is a portrait of a different illustrious Turkish person on the reverse of each note.

This "easter egg" actually worked on inflation banknotes from 1990s too. On 5000-50 000 lira banknotes, Atatürk was depicted from the profile with not very friendly expression, while on  100 000-5 000 000 lira, he was smiling and looking directly at you. I guess the difference was even more visible in that case. :)
 

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?se=3121&p=1

BTW, not only is Atatürk omnipresent on Turkish banknotes, but it seems that most of the banknotes don't contain any clue that it's his portrait. I mean, every American would recognize a portrait of George Washington, but the banknotes still explicitly inform you it's his depiction.