Where can you get a good USD to TRY exchange rate in Antalya, and do exchange offices accept older US dollar bills?

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TL;DR

For amounts under $1,000, travelers say the nearest exchange office is usually fine because the rate difference is small. For larger amounts, better rates were reported behind MarkAntalya near the Clock Tower; older $50 bills may be refused, and in TerraCity they were exchanged only at a 4th-floor office at a poor rate.

What the community said

If your card payment is declined at TerraCity shops, you can withdraw Turkish lira from the ATMs there.

TerraCity, ATMs

A recent view is that exchange-office rates typically differ by about ±₺1, so chasing the best rate is only worthwhile for extremely large exchanges, on the order of hundreds of thousands of US dollars.

rate difference of about ±₺1

At TerraCity, older $100 bills were accepted, but most exchange counters refused older $50 bills. The only successful exchange was at the office on the 4th floor, but at a noticeably worse rate.

TerraCity, 4th floor

If you are exchanging less than $1,000, the practical advice is to use any nearby exchange office close to your hotel or apartment rather than spending time chasing a slightly better rate.

under $1,000

For larger amounts, travelers recommend the exchange offices behind MarkAntalya, near the Clock Tower, where the rates are said to be better.

MarkAntalya, Clock Tower area

If you are staying near Marvida and need to exchange dollars nearby, no specific exchange office was named in the messages, but the general advice was that any local exchange counter is fine for small amounts.

Marvida