Libraries in Turkey

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There are four type of libraries in Turkey.

  1. National Library
  2. Public Libraries
  3. School libraries
  4. University libraries

In 2017 the Turkish Statistical Institute published the data about the libraries in Turkey (as of 31.12.2016) [1]

Library typeNumber of librariesTotal no. of booksNumber of users
National Library11,298,952636,488
Public Libraries1,13718,828,18823,266,599
University Libraries55215,236,013
School Libraries27,28027,430,168
Total28,97062,793,321

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