We compiled the list of artists who created the designs of the coins and banknotes of Republic of Türkiye.
Most of the coins were produced by artists employed by the Mint, and most of the banknotes by the engravers of the Central Bank’s Banknote Print, yet in the early periods of the Republic, foreign experts were consulted and the works of artists participating in occasional competitions have also taken place on commemorative and circulation coins.
Artists whose designs were used on Turkish currency:
(dates in brackets indicate the year which the artist’s first design ewas released into circulation.)
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- Ahmet Mesrur Durum (1924)
- Ali Sami Boyar (1927)
- Engraver Ismail Hasim (1927)
- Calligrapher Ahmet (1927)
- Ali Cemal (1934)
- Percy Metcalfe (1935)
- Mehmet Emin Barın (1947)
- Pietro Giampaoli (1957)
- Jan Piwczyk (1962)
- Avni Kumuk (1970)
- Alfred Nefe (1976)
- Suat Özyönüm (1977)
- Selahattin Tuğa (1978)
- Hakkı Erkartal (1978)
- Şükrü Ertürk (1979)
- Turgut Salih Coşkun (1980)
- Hakkı Baha Çavuşgil (1981)
- Etem Çalışkan (1981)
- Zekiye İffet Koç (1981)
- Engin Akarslan (1981)
- Namık Bayık (1982)
- Abdullah Taşçı (1982)
- Stuart Devlin (1984)
- Turhan Selçuk (1996)
- Seçkin Pirim (1998)
- Nesrin Ekşi – Schnepf (1998)
- Ahmet Şimşek (1998)
- Esin Özkul (1999)
- David Cornell (1999)
- Michael Otto (1999)
- Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer (1999)
- Ayşe Şirin (2000)
- Tan Mavitan (2000)
- Beti Cenudioğlu (2000)
- Necmi Özgür (2000)
- Ümit Öztürk (2000)
- Saim Bugay (2000)
- Waldemar Wronski (2001)
- Basri Hoşafçı (2001)
- Nalan Yerlibucak (2001)
- Pınar Dağlayan (2001)
- Tuğrul Bilen Ünal (2003)
- Sedat Öztürk (2003)
- Nurettin Bey (2003)
- Betül Uğurlu (2006)
- Buket Esener (2006)
- Leman Kalay (2007)
- Sesil Beatris Kalaycıyan (2007)
- Tekin Gülbasar (2008)
- Zeynep Doğan (2009)
- Mustafa Akıncı (2009)
- Hatice Tazeoğlu (2009)
- Serenay Şahin (2009)
- Alptekin Bayram (2009)
- Aslı Kaya (2009)
- Barış Kara (2009)
- Furkan Payas (2014)
- Özgür Soyyılmaz (2014)
- Burcu Erden (2015)
- Meryem Hüsna Çelik (2015)
- Baki Albayrak (2015)
- Varol Topaç (2015)
Artists who were awarded degrees in competitions, but whose designs were not used on coins:
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- Vedat Ömer Ar (1934)
- Nermin Faruki (1934)
- Mazhar Nazım Resmor (1934)
Artists whose artwork is used on currency indirectly:
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- Bogos Tarkulyan (1927)
- Anton Hanak (1937)
- Josef Thorak (1937)
- Heinrich Krippel (1939)
- Cemal Işıksel (1962)
- Etem Tem (1969)
- Pietro Canonica (1972)
*designers of some of the coins and most of the banknotes are missing from the list. It will be updated as new information surfaces.
