Library
Saramago's 'Blindness' revealed as most borrowed library book in 2023
While the Turkish Librarians Association has listed the most preferred books by library readers in 2023, the most borrowed book was author Jose Saramago's novel, "Blindness."
The Association will organize a series of events under the theme of "Sustainability and Advocacy" as part of the 60th Library Week, which will be held between March 25-31 this year.
The dream was universal access to knowledge. The result was a fiasco
Information wants to be free. That observation, first made in 1984, anticipated the internet and the world to come. It cost nothing to digitally reproduce data and words, and so we have them in numbing abundance.
Number of libraries in country up by 43.4 pct: TÜİK data
The number of libraries in the country has surged by 43.4 percent in 2022, data by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has revealed.
The enigmatic philhellene, Mr Perilla
The history of art is full of unsung heroes. Their names have remained in the dark, either because we turned our backs on them or because they chose to. We only find them hidden in archives, libraries, rare old editions and on dusty shelves.
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Attempts at banning books in US reach record high
Requests for books to be removed from U.S. shelves soared to a record-high in 2022, with the majority of titles "targeted for censorship" related to LGBT issues and minorities, according to data released by the American Library Association on March 23.
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More than 165,000 people visit Rami Library in a week
Rami Library, revived from the 250-year-old artillery barracks in Istanbul, has hosted more than 165,000 people in the first week of its opening.
Having a seating capacity of 4,200 people and a capacity of 2.5 million books, the library was visited by 38,000 people on the first day.
More than 165,000 people visited Rami Library in the first week.
Country’s largest library Rami opens its doors
The Culture and Tourism Ministry has opened the country's largest public library complex, Rami Library, revived from the 250-year-old artillery barracks in Istanbul.
The Culture and Tourism Ministry revived the library from the 250-year-old artillery barracks in Istanbul.
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Over 16,000 schools provided with libraries
Some 16,000 libraries have been established across the country in two months, said the education minister.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the library in a high school in the capital Ankara, named after psychiatrist Erol Göka, Education Minister Mahmut Özer said that 16,361 schools that did not have a library have been provided with libraries in the last two months.
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Turkey schools going green under ministry’s project
The Turkish Education Ministry has launched a major eco-friendly and zero-waste focused project aimed at enabling schools to generate their own electricity from solar power, including setting up libraries built with recycled materials.
Library named after Hürriyet columnist inaugurated in Istanbul
A library named after daily Hürriyet's columnist Doğan Hızlan has been inaugurated by Turkish Education Minister Mahmut Özer inside a high school in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district.
Speaking at the opening ceremony on April 20, Hızlan advised young people to read books, saying, "Everybody should learn their native language well, and this can only be obtained by reading books."