Presidential Library (Turkey)

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The Nation's Library of the Presidency
Cihannuma Hall
39°55′29″N 32°48′03″E / 39.924747575129935°N 32.800786001858526°E / 39.924747575129935; 32.800786001858526
Location	Presidential Complex, Ankara
Established	20 February 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-20)[1]
Collection
Items collected	Books, academic journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, postage stamps, prints, drawings, and manuscripts
Size	4 million+ books & printed materials 120 million articles & reports 550,000 e-books & rare collections 1.2 million audio files from TRT’s archive[2]
Legal deposit	Yes[3]
Access and use
Access requirements	Open 24/7 to anyone with Turkish ID or foreign passport[2]
Population served	up to 5,000 visitors at a time[2]
Other information
Director	Ayhan Tuğlu (director)[2]

The Nation's Library of the Presidency^[2] (Turkish: Cumhurbaşkanlığı Millet Kütüphanesi),^[4] also commonly referred to as the Presidential Library, is the largest library in Turkey, with a collection of over 4 million printed books^[2] and over 120 million electronic editions^[2] published in 134 languages.^[2] The Presidential Library was officially inaugurated by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on February 21, 2020.^[5] In addition to receiving a copy of materials printed in the country as a depository library, the Presidential Library also receives books from every country where Turkey has a diplomatic mission, in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry.^[3] It is home to the Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, the first comprehensive dictionary of Turkic languages, compiled in 1072–74 by the Turkic scholar Mahmud Kashgari,^[6] among many other manuscripts and rare books.^[7]

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.^[2] The library building is decorated with white and pink marble, designed with traditional Seljuk, Ottoman and contemporary motifs.^[3]