Tag: Alptekin Bayram

Artists whose designs were used on Turkish currency

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 was released into circulation.)

Artists who were awarded degrees in competitions, but whose designs were not used on coins:

Artists whose artwork is used on currency indirectly:

*designers of some of the coins and most of the banknotes are missing from the list. It will be updated as new information surfaces.

cover photo: 2018 annual report of the Turkish State Mint

Alptekin Bayram

1 Kuruş 2009

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.)