Abdullah Tasci and his professor Namik Bayik created the patterns for the majority of the coins of the 1982 Spain FIFA World Cup Commemorative Coins series. (One coin of the set of four pieces was designed mint sculptor Suat Ozyonum.)
1982 Spain World Football Championship gold 5000 TL – Obverse
1982 Spain World Football Championship gold 5000 TL – Reverse
1982 Spain World Football Championship silver 500 TL – Obverse
1982 Spain World Football Championship silver 500 TL – Reverse
1982 Spain World Football Championship cupronickel 100 TL – Obverse
1982 Spain World Football Championship cupronickel 100 TL – Reverse
He enrolled the Academy of Fine Arts in 1967, and graduated the Graphical Arts Faculty in 1972.
He became assistant professor in 1982 with his thesis titled “Graphic Layout and Contemporary Book Graphics in Turkish Manuscripts” under Prof. Emin Barın. He tought at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts until his reitrement in 1999. Afterwards he tought at Maltepe University between 2000 and 2007, and at Dogus University between 2007 and 2020.
He created the logo still used by the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, designed 8 font families, and translated around 1.000 fonts into Turkish.
Etem Caliskan is the artist who created the designs of the silver and gold coins commemorating the Centenary of Ataturk’s birth. (relief and models were made by the State Mint sculptor Hakkı Baha Cavusgil).
1981, Centenary of Ataturk’s birth gold coin reverse
1981, Centenary of Ataturk’s birth gold coin obverse
1981, 100th anniversary of Ataturk’s birth silver coins reverse
1981, Centenary of Ataturk’s birth silver One Lira obverse
1981, 100th anniversary of Ataturk’s birth silver Half Lira obverse
The artist studied at the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts, as a sudent of Prof. Emin Barın (who designed the circulation coins of 1947) and also Prof. Namık Bayık who designed some of the 1982 commemoratives for World Football Cup.
Born in 1928 in Tarsus – Göçük. Studied in Mersin during his elementary and middle school. Enrolled Academy of Fine Arts, Poster Department for higher education.
Studied pattern under Prof. Sabri Berkel, typography under Prof. Emin Barın, poster design and graphics under Prof. Namık Bayık.
Assisted Prof Emin Barin during construction of Anitkabir (Ataturk’s Mosoleum) as they were tasked with inscribing significant panels and walls.
Worked for various newspapers such as Zafer, Öncü, Dünya, Aksam, Milliyet, Hürriyet, starting at Sabah in 1954 as an illustrator and calligrapher. Designed numerous book covers, posters; most notably the ones for the centenary of Atatürk’s birth.”
Prof. Emin Barın is the calligrapher, bookbinder and graphics artist who designed the coins released for circulation in 1947.
Obverse of the silver 1 Lira and 50 Kurus pieces
Silver 1 Lira
Silver 50 Kurus
Draft sketches of 1 Lira and 50 Kurus pieces from 1947
He was born in Bolu, on 2nd of June 1913 as the son of Mehmed Tevfik Efendi who was also a calligrapher and bookbinder.
As he had a deep interest and talent for painting, he succeeded to enroll to the Arts & Crafts programme at Ankara Gazi Institute in 1934. In 1936 he passed the exam for the talented students to be sent abroad for further education. He attended Turkish Decorative Arts programme at the Academy of Fine Arts as an intern and in 1938 was sent to Germany to study bookbinding under Prof. Dorfner. In 1939, he enrolled Printing and Bookmaking Academy at Leipzig. As a student of Prof. Thiemann, he studied modern typography and under Prof. Wiemeler he studied bookbinding.
With the start of the Second World War, he returned to Türkiye and fulfilled his duty in the army. In 1941, to finalize his studies, he returned to Leipzig and graduated in 1943. After his return to Turkey, he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Decorative Arts Department.
In 1946, he was appointed to design the new coinage. In 1953, as part of the 500th anniversary of the Conquest of Istanbul, he made 10 large plaques for prominent landmarks such as The Topkapı Gate and the Galata Tower.
Also in 1953, he created a special font family for the inscriptions for Anıtkabir (the mosoleum of Atatürk).
His students Etem Çalışkan (who was his assistant during the construction of Anıtkabir) and Abdullah Taşçı have also designed Turkish coins. Emin Barın is also a contemporary professor at the Academy of Fine Arts with Namık Bayık and Vedat Ömer Ar.
Standing, left-to-right: Edip Hakkı, Emin Barın, Namık Bayık, Gevher Bozkurt, Günseli Başar, Sabih Gözen, Bilge Hanım, Hayati Gökay, Aktan Bey, Ramiz Bey. Seated; left-to-right; Vedat Ar, Necmettin Hoca, Kenan Tenizan, Zeki Faik İzer, Tahirzade… (Seramik Dünyası Magazine, March & April issue of 1996. p19 the article about Vedat Ar by Hande Kura
Cover photo: Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Traditional Turkish Arts virtual exhibition
