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Beyazıt State Library (Turkish: Beyazıt Devlet Kütüphanesi; formerly known as the Ottoman Public Library) is a book depositary and digital library in Istanbul. [2] One of Turkey's oldest libraries, it is the first national library of Ottoman manuscripts and one of the country's six legal deposit libraries.
The Ottoman archives are a collection of historical sources related to the Ottoman Empire and a total of 39 nations whose territories one time or the other were part of this Empire, including 19 nations in the Middle East, 11 in the EU and Balkans, three in the Caucasus, two in Central Asia, Cyprus, as well as the Republic of Turkey.
Köprülü Library is a library in Istanbul. It was founded by Ottoman Grand Vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha in 1678. It was the first public library in the Middle East. [1] The library currently contains 3,790 manuscript volumes. [2]
The library is an example of Ottoman architecture of the 18th century. [citation needed] The exterior of the building is faced with marble. The library has the form of a Greek cross with a domed central hall and three rectangular bays. The fourth arm of the cross consists of the porch, which can be approached by a flight of stairs on either side.
Library of the Topkapı Palace (Topkapı Sarayı Kütüphanesi), Sultanahmet; Library of Women's Works (Kadin Eserleri Kütüphanesi), Haliç [4] Nuruosmaniye Library, Eminönü [5] Rami Library (Rami Kütüphanesi), 2023-established library housed in the 18th-century built Rami Barracks. [6] Süleymaniye Library (Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi ...
The following is a list of libraries in Turkey. According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism , there are 1,257 libraries as of 30 December 2022 in the country. The total seating capacity is 114,906 in a total indoor usage are of 399,732 m 2 (4,302,680 sq ft). [ 1 ]
The Piri Reis map is a world map compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. Approximately one third of the map survives, housed in the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. After the empire's 1517 conquest of Egypt, Piri Reis presented the 1513 world map to Ottoman Sultan Selim I (r. 1512–1520). It is unknown how Selim used ...
Founded in March 1997 by the Ottoman Bank in collaboration with the History Foundation (Turkish: Tarih Vakfi), the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre (OBARC) operated in the former Head Office of the Ottoman Bank in Istanbul, Turkey from 1999 to 2010. Its projects included 400 conferences, symposia, workshops and exhibitions; as well as ...