{{Short description|National library of Turkey}} {{tone|date=February 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox library | name = The Nation's Library of the Presidency | logo = | image = File:Millet_Kütüphanesi.jpg | image_size = 280px | caption = The Nation's Library | location = Presidential Complex, Ankara | coordinates = {{coord|39.924747575129935|32.800786001858526}} | established = {{start date and age|2020|2|20|df=y}}<ref name="Turkey's largest library inaugurated">{{cite web |url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/turkiye/turkiyenin-en-buyuk-kutuphanesi-acildi-462103.html |title=Türkiye'nin en büyük kütüphanesi açıldı |date=February 20, 2020 |publisher=TRT Haber |access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref> | num_branches = | items_collected = Books, academic journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, postage stamps, prints, drawings, and manuscripts | collection_size = The Nation's Library has 5,048,493 printed resources, including 2,168,302 books and 2,948,290 periodicals belonging to 25,017 printed journals in 134 different languages. The Nation's Library has 141.718.843 books, documents, notebooks, books, dia, maps, etc., which are available to researchers together with the inventory of the Directorate of State Archives. | legal_deposit = https://mk.gov.tr/icerik/detay/kutuphane-hakkinda | req_to_access = Open 24/7 to anyone with Turkish ID or foreign passport<ref name="Turkey’s largest library to be disabled-friendly"/> | annual_circulation = | pop_served = up to 5,000 visitors at a time<ref name="Turkey’s largest library to be disabled-friendly"/> | budget = | director = Ayhan Tuğlu (director)<ref name="Turkey’s largest library to be disabled-friendly"/> | num_employees = | website = }}
The '''Nation's Library of the Presidency''' <ref name="Turkey’s largest library to be disabled-friendly"/> ({{langx|tr|Cumhurbaşkanlığı Millet Kütüphanesi}}),<ref>[https://milletkutuphanesi.gov.tr/ Millet Kütüphanesi]</ref> or '''The Nation's Library''' is a library located in Ankara, Turkey. The library, which was established in 2016, was opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on 20 February 2020 with the participation of approximately 2,000 guests. The Nation's Library has 5,048,493 printed resources, including 2,168,302 books and 2,948,290 periodicals belonging to 25,017 printed journals in 134 different languages. It is also the largest library in the country with more than 300 million articles and reports in 233 databases belonging to 73 main databases.
Since 2020, by providing digital access to 103,350 books, 136 million documents, and 567,000 notebooks from the collection of the Directorate of State Archives, it has become one of the world’s leading libraries.
The Nation's Library has 141.718.843 books, documents, notebooks, books, dia, maps, etc., which are available to researchers together with the inventory of the Directorate of State Archives.
Located inside the Presidential Complex at Ankara, the Library is 125,000 square meters and can accommodate up to 5,000 readers at a time.<ref name="Turkey’s largest library to be disabled-friendly"/> The library building is decorated with white and pink marble, designed with traditional Seljuk, Ottoman and contemporary motifs.<ref name="Hurriyet">{{cite web |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-largest-library-being-built-inside-presidential-compound-120370 |title=Turkey's largest library being built inside presidential compound|work=Hürriyet Daily News |date=October 4, 2017 |access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>
== History == The Library project was led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2016 through the efforts of Turkish intellectuals, librarians, and NGOs, and inaugurated in February 2020.<ref name="Türkiye'nin en büyük kütüphanesi perşembe günü açılacak">{{cite web |url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/turkiye/turkiyenin-en-buyuk-kutuphanesi-persembe-gunu-acilacak-461442.html|title=Türkiye'nin en büyük kütüphanesi perşembe günü açılacak|date=February 17, 2020 |publisher=TRT Haber |access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>
The Nation's Library is the largest single library investment in the history of Turkish Republic.<ref name="T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı video">{{cite web |title=Cumhurbaşkanlığı Millet Kütüphanesi aziz milletimize, şehrimize, ülkemize ve tüm dünyaya hayırlı olsun. #MilletKütüphanesi |url=https://www.facebook.com/tcbestepe/videos/180670706554120/ |access-date=February 20, 2020 |publisher=T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı}}</ref> It also is the first library in Turkey to use integrated book conveyor system.<ref name="T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı video"/>
== Famous patrons == thumb|300px|Cihannüma Hall thumb|300px|Cihannüma Hall
People who donated to the Library from their personal collection include:<ref name="Türkiye'nin en büyük kütüphanesi perşembe günü açılacak"/> * President Erdoğan,<ref name="Başkan Erdoğan'dan Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kütüphanesi'ne özel bağış">{{cite web |url=https://www.yeniasir.com.tr/gundem/2020/01/12/baskan-erdogandan-cumhurbaskanligi-kutuphanesine-ozel-bagis|title=Başkan Erdoğan'dan Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kütüphanesi'ne özel bağış|date=January 12, 2020 |publisher=Yeni Asır |access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref> * Ambassadors of Uzbekistan, India, Chile, China, France, and Belarus, * Historian İlber Ortaylı,<ref name="İlber Ortaylı kütüphanesini Cumhurbaşkanlığı Külliyesi'ne bağışladı">{{cite web |url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/ilber-ortayli-kutuphanesini-cumhurbaskanligi-kulliyesine-bagisladi,-TmeCn6fdU-He_WslndovA|title=İlber Ortaylı kütüphanesini Cumhurbaşkanlığı Külliyesi'ne bağışladı|publisher=NTV |access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref> * Literary critic and historian Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı, * Oud master and composer Cinuçen Tanrıkorur, * Author Şefik Can, * Restaurateur Mehmet S. Tezcakin,<ref name="Collector wants to find Ottoman currency a home in Presidential Library">{{cite web |url=https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/collector-wants-to-find-ottoman-currency-a-home-in-presidential-library-30295 |title=Collector wants to find Ottoman currency a home in Presidential Library|publisher=TRT World |access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref> * 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 * Sociologist Cemil Meriç.
In addition, French President Emmanuel Macron sent a special envoy to propose collaboration between the Nation's Library and his country's national library in the field of literature.<ref name="Türkiye'nin en büyük kütüphanesi perşembe günü açılacak"/>
== Accessibility == The Nation's Library is designed to be accessible with wheelchair, and the country's leading telecommunications companies, Turkcell and Türk Telekom, prepared technology rooms for visually- and hearing-impaired users.<ref name="Turkey’s largest library to be disabled-friendly">{{cite web |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkey-s-largest-library-to-be-disabled-friendly/1738322 |title=Turkey's largest library to be disabled-friendly|publisher=Anadolu Agency |access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>
== Cihannuma Hall == thumb|300px|Roof of the Cihannüma Hall
The Cihannuma (World Atlas) Hall, decorated with 16 columns representing the 16 Great Turkic Empires, houses a collection of 200,000 books and has a seating capacity for 224 readers at a time in an area of 3,500 square meters.<ref name="Turkey’s largest library to be disabled-friendly">{{cite web |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkey-s-largest-library-to-be-disabled-friendly/1738322 |title=Turkey's largest library to be disabled-friendly|publisher=Anadolu Agency |access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref> The dome of the Cihannuma Hall is 32 meters high and 27 meters wide.<ref name="T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı video"/>
Verses four and five of sura al-Alaq from the Quran, the first to be revealed 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).<ref name="Türkiye'nin en büyük kütüphanesi perşembe günü açılacak"/>
Books brought in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry on the culture and history of the countries where Turkey has a diplomatic mission are displayed in the World Library inside Cihannuma Hall.<ref name="Turkey’s largest library to be disabled-friendly">{{cite web |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkey-s-largest-library-to-be-disabled-friendly/1738322 |title=Turkey's largest library to be disabled-friendly|publisher=Anadolu Agency |access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>
== Collections and exhibits == thumb|300px|Staircase of the 5th floor
=== The Rare Books Library ===
The Rare Books Library contains 50 thousand books, including Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı manuscripts and Mehmet Şevket Eygi Collections.<ref name="T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı video"/>
=== Research Library ===
The Research Library has a collection of nearly 20 thousand books and 20 group study rooms.<ref name="T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı video"/>
=== Nasreddin Hodja Children's Library ===
The Nasreddin Hodja Children's Library, named after the Seljuk satirist Nasreddin Hodja, is available for readers between the ages five and ten, with its collection of 25 thousand books and a multimedia section.<ref name="T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı video"/> The Children's Library provides activities related to traditional Turkish arts.<ref name="Turkey’s largest library to be disabled-friendly">{{cite web |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkey-s-largest-library-to-be-disabled-friendly/1738322 |title=Turkey's largest library to be disabled-friendly|publisher=Anadolu Agency |access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>
=== Youth Library ===
The Youth Library, which is available for readers between the ages ten and fifteen, has a collection of 12 thousand books, and contains individual and group study rooms.<ref name="T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı video"/>
=== Multimedia Library === [[File:MarcusAureliusStatue.jpg|thumb|The headless statue of Marcus Aurelius displayed on floor B2.]] The Multimedia Library contains 12 individual study rooms for four digital rooms that are equipped with touchscreen monitors and offer access to TRT archives and nearly 10 thousand audio-vision materials.<ref name="T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı video"/>
=== Periodicals Hall === The Periodicals Hall has a collection of 1,550 magazines and newspapers and offers access to a 90-day archive of 7,000 dailies and magazines from 120 countries in 60 languages in full page on touchscreen monitors that also features catalog search.<ref name="T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı video"/>
=== Reading Rooms === The Reading Rooms have a collection of 300,000 books and 32 group study rooms and 8 lounges.<ref name="T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı video"/>
=== Conference Hall === The Conference Hall, with its four simultaneous interpretation cabins, is designed to host international conferences and meetings.<ref name="T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı video"/>
== Online, electronic and digital resources == The Nation's Library offers access to:<ref name="T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı video"/> * 45 million documents from the State Archives, * 300 thousand manuscripts within the Manuscripts Institution of Turkey,<ref name="Ancient manuscripts digitalized in Turkey for wider access">{{cite web |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2015/12/18/ancient-manuscripts-digitalized-in-turkey-for-wider-access |title=Ancient manuscripts digitalized in Turkey for wider access|work=Daily Sabah |date=December 18, 2015 |access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref> and * 550 thousand e-books, 6.5 million e-dissertations, 120 million articles, 60 thousand e-magazines from 46 databases, to which the Turkish Academic Network and Information Center and the Presidency are subscribed.
== See also == {{Portal|Turkey}} *National Library of Turkey *Presidential Complex *List of national libraries *List of libraries in Turkey *List of libraries in Ankara *List of largest libraries *Turkish literature
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Nation's Library}} * [https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/presidency/the-nations-library/ The Nation’s Library], Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye
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