When Syrian refugee Nada came to Istanbul four years ago, she soon found there was one thing she missed more than any other. “When I arrived, I couldn’t find any Arabic books. I didn’t bring any with ...

The Women’s Library and Information Centre Foundation located in Istanbul bears witness to 150 years of the women’s movement in Turkey, providing a new perspective to the country’s history. In a ...

Istanbul – a city that never sleeps – boasts Turkey’s first and only 24/7 open library with some bibliophiles traveling almost 60 kilometers to visit in the run-up to midnight. One of the first ...

As one of the oldest of its kind in Istanbul, the Beyazıt State Library sits on a vibrant city square close to to Beyazıt Mosque built by Sultan Beyazıt II and completed in 1506. The building was ...

For decades after the Rami barracks stopped serving their military function in the 1960s, fate seemed to have served the historic Istanbul landmark a cruel hand. In the 1980s, the building complex in ...

Istanbul, Türkiye’s economic, cultural and historic hub, is set to welcome the opening of the city’s largest public library with the attendance of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan planned for Friday, ...

Istanbul: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister on Sunday opened the library of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) ...