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 ...

“Look, what beautiful stables!” library director Salih Şahin says with a laugh, the sweep of his hand taking in a scene with nary a trace of hay or manure. Instead of stamping, whinnying steeds, the ...

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, ...

The first exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the İstanbul Photo Awards, organized by Turkish international news agency Anadolu, opened Monday at the Rami Library for art enthusiasts.

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) ...