Libraries in Istanbul
188 libraries are mapped in Istanbul, from the main city library to branch libraries, mobile library stops and the street bookcases where books are swapped for free. Where the data says so, you also get opening hours and whether the building is step free.
Named libraries in Istanbul
- Fazilet Nesriyatİncili Çavuş Sokak
- Cevri Hatun Sıbyan MektebiDivan Yolu Caddesi
- Buyulu Fener YayinlariTicarethane Sokak
- Cantas YayinlariTicarethane Sokak
- İstanbul kitaplığıSoğuk çeşme sokak
- Sule YayinlariAlayköşkü Caddesi
- TİMAŞ yayınlarıAlayköşkü Caddesi
- CağaloğluKüçük Sokak
- Kitap NehriAlayköşkü Caddesi
- Caprichos Hediyelik EşyaÇatalçeşme Sokak
- Pinar YayinlariÇatalçeşme Sokak
- Guraba YayineviÇatalçeşme Sokak
- Uysal YayıneviÇatalçeşme Sokak
- Otağ KırtasiyeProf. Kazım İsmail Gürkan Caddesi
- Beka YayincilikAlayköşkü Caddesi
- Damla YayıneviProf. Kazım İsmail Gürkan Caddesi
- Zumrut Basim YayinAlayköşkü Caddesi
- KitapStore.comBiçki Yudru Sokak
- Mvt Yayıncılık KitabeviÇatalçeşme Sokak
- Can YayinlariMolla Feneri Sokak
- Ana KitabeviMolla Feneri Sokak
- Der Kitabevi Yayin DagitimMolla Feneri Sokak
- Kastaş YayıneviHimaye-İ Eftal Sokak
- Bilge Kültür SanatNuru Osmaniye Caddesi
- BİLGEOĞUZ YAYINLARIMolla Feneri Sokak
Showing 25 of the 30 named points. The map has all 188, including the 158 that carry no name in OpenStreetMap.
Questions
- Where is the nearest library in Istanbul?
- Allow location access and the map centres on you with the closest of the 188 mapped libraries around it, or pan to any area and search there. Tap a marker for its position, opening hours when known, and walking directions.
- Are the libraries in Istanbul free to use?
- Public libraries normally are, both for reading on site and for using the toilets, wifi and workspace. Borrowing usually needs a library card, which is typically free for residents.
- Are opening hours shown?
- Where OpenStreetMap has them. Branch libraries often keep shorter and more variable hours than the main library, and some have self service hours outside staffed times, so confirm before a special trip.
- What is a public bookcase?
- A street cabinet or shelf where anyone can take a book and leave one, sometimes called a little free library. They are included here alongside proper libraries, and they are the kind of small fixture only OpenStreetMap bothers to map.
- Where does this libraries data come from?
- From OpenStreetMap, a map built by volunteer surveyors and maintained continuously. It is the best available source for small fixtures like this one, because they are the things commercial map providers do not bother collecting.
- Something is missing or wrong. Can I fix it?
- Yes, and it is the fastest way to get it corrected. Edit the point on openstreetmap.org and the change flows through to this page on the next refresh. There is no separate database here to correct.
- Is the list of libraries in Istanbul complete?
- It is as complete as the local survey effort. Densely mapped cities are close to exhaustive; elsewhere expect gaps. The map is always the fuller view, since the list on this page only names the points that have a name.
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