The pound or lira (sign: LT; Ottoman Turkish: ليرا, romanized: līrā; French: livre turque; Greek: οθωμανική λίρα, romanized: othomanikí líra; Armenian: Օսմանյան լիրա, romanized: Osmanyan lira; Arabic: ليرة عثمانية, romanized: līra, lēra ʕuṯmāniyya) was the currency of the Ottoman Empire from 1844[1] until 1927, when it was replaced by the Turkish lira.

Until the 1930s and the Turkish alphabet reform, the Arabic script was used on Turkish coins and banknotes, with پاره for para, قروش for kuruş and ليرا for lira (تورك ليراسي for 'Turkish lira').

In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre, whilst the lira was known as the livre in French and the pound in English.

The para denominations were struck in copper, the kuruş in silver and the lira in gold.

The central Ottoman Bank first issued paper currency known as kaime in 1862, in the denomination of 200pt.