Such a magnificent national library! Everyone can visit!

The Turkish Presidential Library, which opened in 020, is the largest library in Turkey and is expected to rank among the most important libraries in the world. The enclosed area of the library is 125,000 square meters, can accommodate 5,000 people, and contains 4 million printed books, more than 120 million electronic publications, and 550,000 e-books and rare works.

Printed books in 134 different languages and 120 million articles and reports from more than 100 countries have taken their place on a shelf with a total length of 201 km.

The Turkish Presidential Library has a strong technical infrastructure, characterized by an integrated transport system implemented for the first time in Turkey.

The library allows members to access information 24/7 through a mobile app. In addition, it has special purpose classes and halls within the library.

The National Library of the Presidential Palace of Turkey, inaugurated in the capital Ankara on February 20, 2020, has 4 million printed books, more than 120 million electronic editions and 550,000 e-books. The library should not only be a place for collecting books, but also a center of science and culture. There are more than two million printed books from 140 countries. This magnificent building was designed by the Turkish architect Thain efik Birkiye. Located in Ankara, navigation input destination: T.C. Cumhurbaskanligi Millet Kutuphanesi. Don't be careless like me and go to the Turkish National Museum.

Immersion feeling really shocked, this library is magnificent, too beautiful, the government has put a blood, worthy of being the president's frequent place, but also shows the country's attention to the students, free to provide a variety of services, I would like to move directly to Antalya, so that I can not come out all day.


The National Library Project was made possible by the joint efforts of Turkey's leading intellectual librarians, ngos, and groups representing disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. The library also has a technology room for visually impaired users, as well as easy access for users who need to use wheelchairs.

Covering 125,000 square meters, the new library will have 1.2 million audio files, the audio archive of the national broadcaster TRT will be available to users, with shelves lined with books published in 134 different languages as well as 120 million articles and reports, spanning 201 kilometers.

Located inside the presidential Palace building, the library can accommodate up to 5,000 people at a time and will provide students, researchers and literature lovers with a collection that includes millions of books, articles and reports available in print and online form.

The Nasreddin Hodja Children's Library will be open to visitors aged 5-10, while visitors aged 10-15 will have access to the Youth library, which will also have separate mini-libraries focusing on sound and images, rare books and research.

The Turkish Presidential Library has a strong technical infrastructure, characterized by an integrated transport system implemented for the first time in Turkey.

The library allows members to access information 24/7 through a mobile app. In addition, it has special purpose classes and halls within the library.

The library also has a special hall called Cihannuma (Atlas of the World), with 16 columns representing the historical Turkic states, containing 200,000 books and covering an area of 3,500 square meters (37,673 square feet). In addition, the dome of the hall is engraved with a quotation from the Quran, the Muslim holy book, on the meaning of reading and writing

Every country with which Turkey has a diplomatic mission, bringing dozens of books to the book These books on the culture and history of these countries will be available in the World Library inside Cihannuma Hall.

Ambassadors and representatives of countries such as Uzbekistan, Chile, China, France and Belarus personally visited the presidential palace and generously donated some books, which were later added to the library's archives.

The library is also expected to be a lifelong education center for both children and adults, offering visitors lessons on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity augmented reality and coding.


According to the latest arrangement, the library will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 1,500 book lovers and researchers.

The reading hall, Rare Book Library, Research Library, Cihannuma (World Atlas) Hall and reference room on the second and fourth floors of the library will be Open Day and night.

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