President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened the largest library complex in Istanbul on Friday, saying it will serve as a cultural center for Book lovers.
“Rami’s barracks, which we restored as a library, is of great importance place in our country history in the past 200 years,” the president said at the opening ceremony.
Vice President Fuat Oktay, Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop, Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy and other ministers and prominent artists attended the inauguration.
Acquaintance back to the middle of Eighth century: Revival of the Rami Barracks as the Rami Library after its restoration, renovation And the rebuilding that continued for about four years. the project for Transformation of Rami Barracks which was registered as “cultural property” in 1972, at national public The library was announced by President Erdogan in June 2018 during a fast-breaking dinner in The capital is Ankara.
Rami Library, which will be the largest library in Istanbul with a history of more From 250 years designed as a large university campus with individual f group Reading rooms, activity areas, workshops and a disability center are equipped for people with disabilities. you will be also As space for Seminars, exhibitions and talks.
Campus set to attract everyone from children to young peoplefrom college students to academics, and will serve readers and researchers around the clock, with the library set 24/7.
it’s a already possible to see the new a look of the former barracks of airwhich has been converted into a library.
Saleh Yildiz, who Lives in Eyüpsultan, near area of the new The library said: “I hope this gets rated very well because there aren’t many people around me who Read books, but I want Library culture to spread widely among young people. we’ve got children. (I hope) that they (acquire) knowledge and wisdom. I think if they hang out in Libraries, they’ll learn something.”
The student, Muhammad Talha Solgun, who he said plans on Coming to Rami Library with Friends noted, “My school is across from the library.”
according to information Obtained from the Ministry of Culture and tourism, it was Rami’s barracks built in Period of Sultan Mustafa III (1757-1774) and its renovation and expansion by Sultan Mahmud II between 1828 and 1829. military Headquarters during the Crimean War was acquired last form in the era of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
They continued to serve in the army first years of Republic is over military Job in Sixties. Later onthe buildingwhich was transferred to Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) in In the eighties of the last century, it was used as a parking lot. football And sports field and food warehouse.
The library is the newest addition to the Spectra of Implementing important cultural projects in the last Husband of years to raise awareness of reading moreand visualizes it as a unique “book valley” in the heart of Istanbul.
like of 2021, data published by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). shows the number of Libraries operating in Anadolu Agency (AA) reported that Turkey increased by 1.7% compared to 2020 and reached 34,555. This number continued to increase. over Time since Turkstat report for 2017 revealed that the country had about 29,000 bookstores across the country at that time.
In addition to the Presidential Library, which covers 125,000 square meters (1.35 million square feet) and has seating capacity of approximately 5,500 peopleabout 612 university libraries, 1252 public and 32,690 other affiliated libraries with Institutions of formal and informal education operate throughout the country.
