National Library of Turkey

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National Library of Turkey
Millî Kütüphane
MilliKutuphaneLogo.jpg
Type National Library
Established April 15, 1946
Location Ankara,  Turkey
Collection
Size 3.087.021
Website http://www.mkutup.gov.tr/

Millî Kütüphane is the National Library of Turkey, located in Ankara. It was founded on April 15, 1946. Milli Kütüphane has one of the richest collections in Turkey. The collection consists of 3.023.529 items, which can be categorized as follows:[1]

Number of Books Number of Books in the Old Orthography Number of Periodicals Number of Non-textual Materials Number of Manuscripts
1.313.560 56.550 1.473.851 215.582 27.478

The current building of the library was completed in 1982. Since August 5, 1983, the library continues to serve its users in a closed area of 39000 square meters.

The library is member of the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL).

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ "National Library Statistics". Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 

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