Muğla libraries offer 40,000 works with seven-day access

The libraries within the Türkan Saylan Contemporary Life Center in Muğla are operating seven days a week to provide access to information, current publications, and archives for citizens and students. Managed by the Muğla Metropolitan Municipality, the collection includes a total of 40,000 works, consisting of 38,000 books and 2,000 periodicals.

The facility features four distinct library areas: youth and adult categories (23,000 books), a Children’s Library (5,000 books), the Oktay Akbal Literature Library (6,000 books), the Mehmet Toker Library (2,500 books), and the Ünal Türkeş History Library (1,500 books). The center also preserves the archives of author Oktay Akbal and Ünal Türkeş, who contributed significantly to Muğla’s cultural memory.

To date, 422,000 people have utilized the libraries and study halls, with members borrowing a total of 134,000 books. Muğla Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ahmet Aras noted that Muğla ranks highly in Turkey for book reading and emphasized that the libraries are operating at full capacity to support students in their exam preparations and research.