TCMB Exchange Rates

Finance Türkiye Credits / request: 1

Returns the latest exchange rates published by the Central Bank of Türkiye.

GET https://api.apikodu.com/api/v1/exchangerates/tcmb

Documentation

Overview

Returns CBRT (TCMB) FX rates.

Authentication

Every request requires the x-api-key header. Credits used and remaining quota are returned in response headers (x-api-credits-used, x-api-remaining-credits, x-rate-limit-*).

Request

GET https://api.apikodu.com/api/v1/exchangerates/tcmb?code=USD

Query string. Empty code returns all rates.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Options	Description
`code`	string	Optional	—	`USD` `AUD` `DKK` `EUR` `GBP` `CHF` `SEK` `CAD` `KWD` `NOK` `SAR` `JPY` `BGN` `RON` `RUB` `IRR` `CNY` `PKR` `QAR` `KRW` `AZN` `AED` `XDR`	Currency code. Empty returns all rates.

Response

Name	Type	Description
`date`	string	CBRT rate date (ISO datetime). Previous business day on weekends/holidays.
`source`	string	Always TCMB.
`rates`	array	Rate list. A single item when code is set.
`rates[].code`	string	ISO currency code (USD, EUR, GBP ...).
`rates[].name`	string	CBRT Turkish currency name. Example: ABD DOLARI.
`rates[].forexBuying`	number	FX buying (CBRT). May be null.
`rates[].forexSelling`	number	FX selling (CBRT). May be null.
`rates[].banknoteBuying`	number	Banknote buying. Null for some codes.
`rates[].banknoteSelling`	number	Banknote selling. Null for some codes.

Errors

HTTP	code	Description
`400`	`-225`	code is not in the CBRT list.
`503`	`-224`	CBRT rate cache is empty or could not be retrieved.
`401`	`-100`	x-api-key is missing, empty, malformed, inactive, banned, expired, IP-restricted, or not allowed for this API.
`429`	`-221`	Per-minute request limit exceeded. Response headers: x-rate-limit-limit, x-rate-limit-remaining, x-rate-limit-reset.
`429`	—	Package credit quota cannot cover this request. Body may be { error, limit, currentUsage, requestCost } (no code field).
`500`	`-1`	Unexpected server error. message is a generic error text without technical details.

Notes

Success body is { data: { ... } }. Error body is { code, message }. code is an ApiResponseCode enum value (negative integer).

Sample response

{
  "data": {
    "date": "2026-08-19T00:00:00",
    "source": "TCMB",
    "rates": [
      {
        "code": "USD",
        "name": "ABD DOLARI",
        "forexBuying": 33.5214,
        "forexSelling": 33.5818,
        "banknoteBuying": 33.4980,
        "banknoteSelling": 33.6321
      },
      {
        "code": "EUR",
        "name": "EURO",
        "forexBuying": 36.2105,
        "forexSelling": 36.2757,
        "banknoteBuying": 36.1851,
        "banknoteSelling": 36.3301
      },
      {
        "code": "GBP",
        "name": "İNGİLİZ STERLİNİ",
        "forexBuying": 42.8012,
        "forexSelling": 43.0256,
        "banknoteBuying": 42.7712,
        "banknoteSelling": 43.0901
      }
    ]
  }
}

Code samples

  
      const response = await fetch('https://api.apikodu.com/api/v1/exchangerates/tcmb', {
        method: 'GET',
        headers: {
          'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
        }
      });

      const data = await response.json();
      console.log(data);

  
      import requests

      headers = {
          'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
      }

      response = requests.get('https://api.apikodu.com/api/v1/exchangerates/tcmb', headers=headers)
      print(response.json())

  
      using var client = new HttpClient();
      client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");

      var response = await client.GetStringAsync("https://api.apikodu.com/api/v1/exchangerates/tcmb");
      Console.WriteLine(response);

  
      $response = file_get_contents('https://api.apikodu.com/api/v1/exchangerates/tcmb', false, stream_context_create([
          'http' => [
              'header' => "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
          ]
      ]));

      print_r(json_decode($response, true));

  
      curl -X GET 'https://api.apikodu.com/api/v1/exchangerates/tcmb' \
        -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

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