National Library of Turkey

National Library of Turkey Millî Kütüphane
Type	National Library
Established	April 15, 1946
Location	Ankara,  Turkey
Collection
Size	2.945.009
Website	http://www.mkutup.gov.tr/

Millî Kütüphane is the National Library of Turkey, located in Ankara. It was founded on April 15, 1946. Milli Kütüphane has one of the richest collections in Turkey. The collection consists of 2.945.009 items, which can be categorized as follows^[1]:

Number of Books	Number of Books in the Old Orthography	Number of Periodicals	Number of Non-textual Materials	Number of Manuscripts
1.216.255	56.242	1.438.502	206.698	27.312

The current building of the library was completed in 1982. Since August 5, 1983, the library continues to serve its users in a closed area of 39000 square meters.

The library is member of the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL).

References and notes

1. ^ "National Library Statistics". Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. http://www.mkutup.gov.tr/includes/fckeditor/dosyalar/files/M%C4%B0LL%C4%B0%20K%C3%9CT%C3%9CPHANE%20%C4%B0STAT%C4%B0ST%C4%B0KLER%C4%B0.pdf. Retrieved 25 July 2011. 

External links

• Milli Kütüphane (National Library of Turkey)