what currency does turkey accept?
Turkish lira
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 Turkey has the world 's 17th largest GDP by PPP and 18th largest nominal GDP . The country is among the founding members of the OECD and the G @-@ 20 major economies . 

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 Turkey remained neutral during most of World War II , but entered the closing stages of the war on the side of the Allies on 23 February 1945 . On 26 June 1945 , Turkey became a charter member of the United Nations . Difficulties faced by Greece after the war in quelling a communist rebellion , along with demands by the Soviet Union for military bases in the Turkish Straits , prompted the United States to declare the Truman Doctrine in 1947 . The doctrine enunciated American intentions to guarantee the security of Turkey and Greece , and resulted in large @-@ scale U.S. military and economic support . Both countries were included in the Marshall Plan and OEEC for rebuilding European economies in 1948 , and subsequently became founding members of the OECD in 1961 . 

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 Turkey ( / ˈtɜːrki / ; Turkish : Türkiye [ ˈtyɾcije ] ) , officially the Republic of Turkey ( Turkish : Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ; pronounced [ ˈtyɾcije d ͡ ʒumˈhuɾijeti ] ) , is a parliamentary republic in Eurasia , mainly on the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . Turkey is a democratic , secular , unitary , constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage . 

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 Turkey has gradually opened up its markets through economic reforms by reducing government controls on foreign trade and investment and the privatization of publicly owned industries , and the liberalization of many sectors to private and foreign participation has continued amid political debate . The public debt @-@ to @-@ GDP ratio peaked at 75 @.@ 9 percent during the recession of 2001 , falling to an estimated 26 @.@ 9 percent by 2013 . 

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 The country 's official language is Turkish , which is spoken by 85 @.@ 54 percent of the population as mother tongue . 11 @.@ 97 percent of the population speaks the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish as mother tongue . Arabic and Zaza are the mother tongues of 2 @.@ 39 percent of the population , and several other languages are the mother tongues of smaller parts of the population . Endangered languages in Turkey include Abaza , Abkhaz , Adyge , Cappadocian Greek , Gagauz , Hértevin , Homshetsma , Kabard @-@ Cherkes , Ladino ( Judesmo ) , Laz , Mlahso , Pontic Greek , Romani , Suret , Turoyo , Ubykh , and Western Armenian . 
