"History, Along With Books, at an Istanbul Library
By Yigal Schleifer
IRCICA in IstanbulYigal Schleifer
ISTANBUL | Istanbul may be filled with bookshops, but public libraries are another matter. Most of the city’s libraries belong either to academic or private institutions and are, for the most part, off limits to the public."
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