Beyazıt State Library
Beyazıt State Library is a book depositary and digital library in Istanbul. One of Turkey's oldest libraries, it is the first national library of Ottoman manuscripts and one of the country's six legal deposit libraries.Photo: Sadrettin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—11:00 PM
- Type: Library
- Description: national library of the Ottoman Empire
- Address: Çadırcılar Caddesi, İstanbul, Fatih
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grand Bazaar and Hagia Sophia.
Grand Bazaar
Marketplace
Photo: Masygreen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops on a total area of 30,700 m2, attracting between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. Grand Bazaar is situated 200 metres east of Beyazıt State Library.
Hagia Sophia
Mosque
Photo: Myrabella, Public domain.
Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was formerly a church and a museum. Hagia Sophia is situated 1¼ km east of Beyazıt State Library.
Beyazıt Square
Square
Photo: T88288, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beyazıt Square lies to the north of Ordu Caddesi in the district of Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey. Officially named Freedom Square, it is more generally known as Beyazıt Square after the early Ottoman Bayezid II Mosque on one side. Beyazıt Square is situated 190 metres south of Beyazıt State Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beyazıt and Mollafenari.
Mollafenari
Suburb
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mollafenari is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 99. It is on the European side of Istanbul.
Laleli
Quarter
Beyazıt State Library
- Categories: architectural structure and education
- Location: Historical Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
41.01087° or 41° 0′ 39″ northLongitude
28.96583° or 28° 57′ 57″ eastOpen location code
8GHC2X68+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 5115939961OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryWikidata ID
Q6099217
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Beyazıt State Library” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مكتبة بايزيد الحكومية”
- Arabic: “مكتبة بيازيد الحكومية”
- Azerbaijani: “Bəyazid Dövlət Kitabxanası”
- Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Negara Bagian Beyazıt”
- Kazakh: “Баязит кітапханасы”
- Polish: “Państwowa Biblioteka Bejazyda”
- Turkish: “Beyazıt Devlet Kütüphanesi”
- Turkish: “Kütüphane-i Umumi Osmani”
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