President Erdoğan inaugurates Istanbul’s largest library

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated the largest library complex in Istanbul on Friday, saying that it would serve as a cultural center for book lovers.

“The Rami Barracks, which we have renovated as a library, has an important place in our country’s history in the past 200 years,” the president said at the inauguration ceremony.

Vice President Fuat Oktay, Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop, Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalın, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, other ministers and prominent artists attended the inauguration.