İlknur Ateş is the artist who produced the portrait engravings on the 5 and 10 Lira banknotes of the ninth emission which are currently in circulation (*1).
The engravings of the Mustafa Kemal Atatürk portrait on the E9 5 and 10 Lira banknotes (which are produced using the photograph taken by Etem Tem (*2)), the portrait of distinguished professor Aydın Sayılı on the 5 Lira banknote, and the portrait of distinguished professor Cahit Arf on the back of the 10 Lira banknotes are her handiwork.
[1] TCMB; Central Bank of Türkiye Bulletin LİRA, 2012 #64, , The article titled “Banknotes and Gravure“
[2] Central Bank of Türkiye, Turkish Lira Banknotes and Coins Introduction Meeting Notes (in Turkish).
