Köprülü Library
Köprülü Kütüphanesi
Map
41°00′29″N 28°58′21″E / 41.00813°N 28.97252°E / 41.00813; 28.97252
LocationIstanbul,  Turkey
Established1678; 346 years ago (1678)
Collection
Items collectedmanuscripts
Size3,790

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]

  1. ^ Godfrey Oswald (2017). Library World Records, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 35. ISBN 9781476667775. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Iranica was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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