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İstanbul Research Institute Library

Istanbul Research Institute Library was set up in 2006 and its collection has been constantly enriched and developed since then. The Library opened its door to users in March 2007. Suna and Inan Kirac Foundation, Istanbul Research Institute Library aims to meet researchers’ information needs in their fields, to enrich its collection according to its mission, to assist in scientific work in Istanbul and in whole Turkey and to become a user friendly library.

The Library is divided in different sections according to subjects and divisions.

The collection is divided as follows:

1^st floor	General Reference Section
	Ataturk and Republic Research Section
	Istanbul Library
2^st floor	Ottoman Research Section
	Sevket Rado Manuscripts
3^st floor	Byzantium Research Section
	Semavi Eyice Library
4^st floor	Semavi Eyice Library

Majority of Serials are located in the store in 1st floor at the Library but every floor houses serials in their subject areas.

Library Opening Hours;

Monday-Friday 10.30 – 17.30
Saturday 10.30 – 17.00
(Sundays Closed)

The Library is open to everybody who is interested in the subject as reference for free, there is however no borrowing facility available.