The U.S Dollar exceeded 2.64 against the Turkish Lira and neared its record of 2.6488 on Friday, following strong signals from the U.S. economy and global strengthening in the U.S. Dollar against other currencies.

The parity rate started the day from 2.62 and reached 2.6415 around mid-Friday.

Euro-U.S. Dollar parity also exceeded 99.6 and reached a three week high level.