Alptekin Bayram is the designer of the 1 Kuruş coin with a snowdrop (Galanthus) design, issued in 2009.
He graduated from Gazi Institute for Education, Department of Art Education in 1986. He has been working as a banknote designer at the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey since 1988.
In 2009, he participated in the competition for the new coins to be issued with a flower-themed set consisting of snowdrop, iridescent (Centaurea tchihatcheffii), rose, tulip, carnation, and violet designs. The snowdrop design was deemed suitable for the 1 Kuruş coin.
Quoting the Turkish Mint’s announcement regarding the 1 Kuruş coin: “Inspired by the snowdrop flower, with its pristine white, drooping posture during the coldest times of winter, Alptekin Bayram designed this coin to draw attention to Türkiye’s natural beauty, and to warn the public about the harm caused either by human hands or by natural and global factors.”
Coin designs of the 2009 set were decided as a result of a competition. Aslı Kaya‘s design was used on the 5 kuruş coins, while Barış Kara‘s designs were used on the 10, 25 kuruş, and 1 lira coins.
(The design for the 50 kuruş coin is by Nesrin Ekşi, an artist from the Mint.)
