# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ismet-guney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:40:36.079Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ismet-guney"
name: "İsmet Güney"
slug: "ismet-guney"
description: "İsmet Güney was a Turkish Cypriot artist, cartoonist, teacher and painter. He is best known as the designer of the modern flag of the Republic of Cyprus, the country's coat of arms and the original Cyprus lira in 1960. Güney's design was unique, as the Republic of Cyprus is the first country in the world to display a map on its flag."
tagline: "Turkish Cypriot artist, cartoonist, teacher and painter (1923–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C4%B0smet_Vehit_G%C3%BCney_-_Turkish_Cypriot_Artist.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1923-07-15"
deathDate: "2009-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.353601333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0smet_G%C3%BCney"
    title: "İsmet Güney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0smet_G%C3%BCney"
    title: "İsmet Güney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%84_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B9"
    title: "Ισμέτ Γκιουνέι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0smet_G%C3%BCney"
    title: "İsmet Güney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0smet_G%C3%BCney"
    title: "İsmet Güney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0smet_G%C3%BCney"
    title: "İsmet Güney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D5%BD%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%A9_%D4%B3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%B5"
    title: "Իսմեթ Գունեյ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%97_%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%98"
    title: "ისმეთ გიუნეი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%8E%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%98%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Гюней, Исмет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%98"
    title: "Исмет Гунеј"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3555605"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump