tcmb

Tcmb

Name: Tcmb
Creator: Tcmb

Metadata onlyLicense under review

Metadata only. This source’s license does not permit redistribution, so we catalog its metadata but do not re-serve the data. Use the provider link to obtain it under the original terms.

Coverage

Series catalogued

137

Temporal coverage

1996-04-16 – 2026-06-23

Licensing & provenance

License: License under review
Redistribution: Not permitted (metadata only)
Commercial use: Restricted / no
Modification: Permitted

How to cite

Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT / TCMB). Retrieved from https://www.tcmb.gov.tr/wps/wcm/connect/en/tcmb+en. Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Processing: Retrieved from the official source, normalized to a long {series_key, obs_date, value} schema (period-start dates), de-duplicated, and stored as zstd Parquet. Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Access & mirrors

Download: Select & download tcmb series as CSV →
API: Get a free API key, then GET /v1/series/<id>.csv
Canonical landing: https://econdatalibrary.com/tcmb.html
Update cadence: daily
Update strategy: extend by date
Storage layout: single parquet (~2.5MB), columns series_key({CODE}_{fb|fs|nb|ns}), obs_date(date32), value(float64 = rate/Unit). ~30 currencies x 4 rate types. NOTE: full 1996-present rebuild is medium cost (~7,800 weekdays x RATE 0.05s + retries); incremental top-up is fast (a handful of days).

Full description

TCMB (Central Bank of Turkey) — daily exchange rates, 1996–present. License: Open data (public domain, TCMB terms) Source: https://tcmb.gov.tr/ No API key required. Coverage: * ~30 currency pairs vs Turkish Lira (TRY), daily, 1996–present * Forex buying/selling, banknote buying/selling, cross rates * ~7,500 trading days × 30+ currencies × 4 rate types Strategy: * Enumerate all weekday dates from 1996-01-01 to today * GET https://tcmb.gov.tr/kurlar/{YYYYMM}/{DDMMYYYY}.xml * Parse XML: each Currency node has ForexBuying, ForexSelling, etc. * Skip holidays/weekends (404 responses) Run: python jobs/ingest_tcmb.py

Structured metadata

schema.org/Dataset (Google Dataset Search)

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Croissant (ML-ready, schema.org JSON-LD)

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Part of the Econ Data Library catalog · metadata generated 2026-07-14 from the central registry · browse all datasets