ANKARA, TURKEY: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a board featuring the new Turkish lira samples 25 October 2004 during their presentation at central bank headquarters in the capital Ankara. Turkey will launch a nationwide campaign to introduce the new Turkish lira, which will go into circulation 01 January 2005 and will be same as the old ones minus six zeros. AFP PHOTO / TARIK TINAZAY. (Photo credit should read TARIK TINAZAY/AFP via Getty Images)
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan displays an banknote of the old Turkish Lira at a news conference in Ankara October 3, 2008. Turkey will return to its old currency, the Turkish Lira, on January 1, after a major money reform four years ago that saw the introduction of the New Turkish Lira. The banner in the background reads "The Turkish lira is coming". AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images)
