Abstract:

The aim of this study is to study the library works of the Halkevs and Halkods that operated in Çanakkale between 1932 and 1951. In the study, the documentary source scan method examined important documents of the period, such as reports, correspondence, books, magazines. The information obtained was analyzed from the building, staff, budget, drawing and user perspective, which are the five elements of the library. In Çanakkale; Çanakkale, Gelibolu, Bayramiç, Eceabat, Ayvacık, Biga, Ezine, Lapseki have been found 8 Halkevi and 92 Halkodas. A library officer has been employed in Çanakkale Halkevi for a monthly amount of 50 Lira and a library officer for a monthly amount of 1 Lira in Biga Halkevi. The first edition of the Çanakkale Halkevi Library is 300 books from the Çanakkale Turkish Ocağı. The Çanakkale Halkevi Library has also reached users with its publishing activities in order to increase the user’s library use rate. The publication works of the Çanakkale Halkevi Library and the Neşriyat Branch; Anafarta Magazine, Rural Wall Gazette, Halkevinden Halka, published in the Çanakkale Provincial Gazette, with the book series named Dünden Bugüne Çanakkale and in the 15th Year of the Republic, the books named Çanakkale. The Chanakkale Halquevets and Halcodes, like others, were officially closed throughout the country in 1951. There is no comprehensive and sufficient information about the flow of libraries and books.

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