Nation's Library
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| Presidential Library | |
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| Location | Presidential Complex, Ankara, Turkey |
| Established | February 20, 2020 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
| Size | More than 4 million books and other printed materials, 120 million articles and reports, 550,000 e-books and rare collections, and 1.2 million audio files from TRT’s archive[1] |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Open 24/7 to anyone with Turkish ID or foreign passport[1] |
| Population served | up to 5,000 visitors at a time[1] |
| Other information | |
| Director | Ayhan Tuğlu (director) |
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The Presidential Library (Template:Lang-tr) is the largest library in Turkey with its collection of over 4 million books in 134 different languages, and 120 million articles and reports.[1] In addition to having the status of a depository library, of which there are six in total in Turkey, for including copies of all printed material, the Library receives scores of books, in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry, from every country where Turkey has a diplomatic mission.[2]
Located inside the Presidential Complex, the Library is 125,000 square meters and can accommodate up to 5,000 readers at a time.[1] The library building is decorated with white and pink marble, designed with traditional Seljuk, Ottoman and contemporary motifs.[2] The Presidential Library is designed disabled-friendly. A reader in a wheelchair can access the library, and the country's leading telecommunications companies, Turkcell and Türk Telekom, prepared technology rooms for visually- and hearing-impaired users.[1]
History
The Library project was spearheaded by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2016 and inaugurated in 2020 through intense efforts by leading Turkish intellectuals, librarians, and NGOs.[3]
Famous patrons
People who donated to the Library from their personal collection include[3]:
- President Erdoğan,
- ambassadors of Uzbekistan, India, Chile, China, France, and Belarus,
- historian İlber Ortaylı,
- literary critic and historian Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı,
- oud master and composer Cinuçen Tanrıkorur,
- author Şefik Can,
- restaurateur Mehmet S. Tezcakin,[4]
- former Minister Hasan Celal Güzel,
- author and journalist Mehmed Şevket Eygi,
- art historian Mustafa Kamil Dürüst,
- poet Mustafa Şerif Onaran,
- director Muhsin Mete,
- publisher Saman-Hatice Helvacıoğlu, and
- Cemil Meriç.
In addition, French President Macron sent a special envoy to propose collaboration between the Presidential Library and his country's national library in the field of literature.
Cihannuma Hall
The Cihannuma (world atlas) Hall is the Library's special hall, decorated with sixteen columns representing the 16 Great Turkic Empires, houses a collection of 200,000 books in an area of 3,500 square meters.[1]
The verses four and five of the chapter Al-Alaq from Quran, which are believed by Muslims to be the first verses to be related to Muhammad, on the significance of reading and writing are inscribed on the dome of the hall: "O, kalemle yazmayı öğretendir, insana bilmediğini öğretendir" (He is the one who taught how to write with a pen, taught the human being what he did not know).[3]
Books brought in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry on the culture and history of the countries where Turkey has a diplomatic mission will be displaced in the World Library inside Cihannuma Hall.[1]
Nasreddin Hodja Children's Library
The Nasreddin Hodja Children's Library, named after the renowned Seljuk satirist Nasreddin Hodja, is available for readers between the ages five and ten, alongside with the Youth Library for those age ten and fifteen. Visitors have the opportunity to learn about Turkish history thanks to departments shedding light on the history of the Seljuks and Anatolia.[1]
See also
- National Library of Turkey
- List of national libraries
- List of largest libraries
- President of Turkey
- Presidential Complex
- Turkish literature
- Legal deposit
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Turkey's largest library to be disabled-friendly". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ a b "Turkey's largest library being built inside presidential compound". Hurriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ a b c "Türkiye'nin en büyük kütüphanesi perşembe günü açılacak". TRT Haber. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ "Collector wants to find Ottoman currency a home in Presidential Library". TRT World. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
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