INTRODUCTION
IKV LIBRARY: EUROPEAN DOCUMENTATION CENTER
IKV was established on the initiative of Istanbul Chamber of Commerce and Istanbul Chamber of Industry in 1965, in order to inform the Turkish business world and the public about the latest developments in the European Union and Turkey-EU relations. Since its establishment, IKV has become a respectable and effective specialized organization on EU and Turkey-EU relations both in Turkey and in the EU, through its seminars, researches, publications, lobbying activities and the close cooperation it has conducted with foreign and domestic institutions.
The “IKV Library” was established in 1965 at the same time as the Foundation itself. IKV Library is the most established and richest depository library of the EU Affairs and Turkey-EU Relations in Turkey. IKV Library is also one of the 14 European Documentation Centers supported by the European Commission in Turkey.
Within this context, IKV Library provides information requested by visitors coming mostly from universities, supports academic and professional researchers and shares information and collaborates with EU Information Centers operating in Turkey, EU Contact Points and other European Documentation Centers.
The IKV Library aims to better inform representatives of the business work, civil servants, academicians, students and the public in general though its rich archive. The IKV Library has a collection of 20 thousand registered books and receives regularly 220 Turkish Periodicals and 120 Foreign Periodicals including “Agence Europe”, “Journal of Common Market Studies” and “Common Market Law Review”. The documents sent regularly by the “Publication Office of the European Union” are as follows:
• EU Official Journals,
• EU Treaties,
• Decisions of the European Court of Justice,
• EU monthly and annual reports,
• Reports of the European Commission,
• Minutes of Parliamentary Sessions,
• Reports published by the Directorates General of the European Commission and by EU Agencies,
• Books, brochures and periodicals published by the EU,
• Statistics published by the Eurostat.
In addition to official EU publications, the IKV Library also has a large and growing collection of EU Affairs and Turkey-EU related books and articles. It includes all the research and studies published by IKV as well as the studies together with statistical and periodical on the EU Affairs and Turkey-EU relations published by numerous organisations in Turkey (TOBB, TİM, DPT, DİE, DTM, İMKB, TİSK, TÜSİAD, etc.) and international organisations (EU, OECD, UN, WTO, UNIDO, IMF, EFTA, etc.). Moreover, academic studies conducted by universities on the economic, political and social aspects of EU affairs and Turkey-EU relations can also be found at the IKV Library.
Researchers can acquire at the library a list of sources related to their fields of interest. They can also borrow for the day the publication to make a copy.
Working Days and Hours
IKV Library is open from Monday to Friday between 09:00-12:30 and 13:30-18:00.
You can access the Library Catalogue on the IKV website and get information by sending an e-mail to kutuphane@ikv.org.tr.
Contact
Phone: +90 212 270 93 00 Fax: +90 212 270 30 22
e-mail: kutuphane@ikv.org.tr
Address: Esentepe Mah. Harman Sok. No: 10 TOBB Plaza K: 7 34394 Şişli – İSTANBUL