Beyazıt State Library
Beyazıt Devlet Kütüphanesi
Beyazıt State Library, 2013
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LocationBeyazıt, Çadırcılar Cd. No:4, 34126 Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey, Turkey
TypeNational library
Established24 June 1884; 139 years ago (1884-06-24)
Architect(s)Tabanlıoğlu Architects
Reference to legal mandateDecree of Abdülhamid II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire authorizing the Statute of the Ottoman Public Library, the National Library of the Ottoman (24 June 1884)
Service areaTurkey
Collection
Items collectedOttoman periodicals, newspapers, magazines, journals
Other information
DirectorAbdülkadir Öztuğrul[1]
AffiliationMinistry of Culture and Tourism
Websiteistanbulbeyazitdevlet.kutuphane.gov.tr

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.[3]

The library houses Ottoman periodicals, newspapers, magazines and other historical records. In all it contains 1.5 million published materials – 900,000 books, 65,000 postcards, maps, cinema posters, 33,000 different magazines and more than 5,000 audiobooks. It was visited by nearly 140,000 readers in 2018 and hosted more than 67,000 readers in the first six months of 2019.[1]

It covers an area of about 3,000 square meters (0.7 acres) on the eastern side of Beyazıt Square.[4]

  1. ^ a b "A Modern Space in History: Beyazıt State Library". Republic of Turkey Governorship of Istanbul (in Quechua). Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  2. ^ Arslanbenzer, Hakan (2021-02-12). "Ali Emiri Efendi: Explorer of Turkish manuscripts". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  3. ^ "Beyazit State Library, Istanbul". Oxford Reference. 2022-01-31. Archived from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East 2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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