Affiliated with an international institution, OIC (Organization of Islamic Conference), the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) perpetuates its activities of research, publication, documentation and information, primarily on history, history of science, art and cultural heritage, also on Islamic Culture and society.
One of the most important objectives of IRCICA is to establish and develop a reference library based on Islamic culture and society. There is a very rich collection of books on the culture, history, literature and intellectual history of Islamic world. Incunabula and rare artifacts adds up to the value of the collection of the library. Considerably large and exclusive collection is formed with kind domestic and overseas donations of personal collections of Zeki Ali, Oktay Aslanapa, Vedat Eldem, Haydar Bammate, Necmettin Bammate, Ahmet Ates, N.Nurettin Ege, Cevriye-Ibrahim Artuk and Nuri Arlases, who are prominent in their fields respectively. The library has around 70,000 books in 54 languages, 10,000 gray publication, and microfilms of 350 unpublished PhD thesis, 971 atlas, maps and plans, 1,300 periodicals.
Library usage conditions: Library is freely accessible to all interested parties.
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