IU Library of Rare Works Library II. Abdülhamid Photo Albums Project is being put into practice
The "İstanbul University Rare Books Library Sultan II.Abdulhamid Photo Albums Collection" will be realized under the auspicies of The Presidency.
Signing ceremony of the cooperation protocol was held with the participation of the President of the Parliament İsmail Kahraman, the Rector of the ICR Prof. Dr. Mahmut Ak and the administrators of the related units.
The goal of the project is to digitize 911 albums, including 36,585 photographs, considered one of the world's largest visual archives of the 19th century, geographical, historical, architectural, social and cultural documentary about many countries of the world and of interest to various disciplines transferring, making identification works and opening up to researchers ...