
Microfilm is a type of microform in which documents and printed materials are reduced in size and recorded sequentially as frames on photographic film, wound onto a reel. This recording method is integrated into institutional archives and libraries through various workflows, aiming to facilitate storage and reproduction by reducing physical volume while establishing controlled access systems; production, classification, indexing, storage, and access stages are addressed together.Historical Devel
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Mehmet Salih Çoban

Everything created by humans and preserved up to the present day is defined as “cultural record.” This record encompasses scientific, artistic, archaeological, and technological works containing explicit or implicit information, thereby constituting humanity’s cultural record.Memoir institutions—libraries, archives, and museums—are responsible for preserving this cultural record and transmitting it from generation to generation. Since the past must also be safeguarded in digital environments, th
ENAyşe İkbal Özsakın

The Ottoman Archives Complex, affiliated with the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Directorate of State Archives, is located in the Sadabad district of Istanbul and houses millions of historical documents related to the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire, which ruled for nearly six centuries over a vast geographical area, accumulated a rich archival legacy encompassing administrative, military, social, economic, and cultural matters. The archive contains documents covering the period from t
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Mehmet Salih Çoban
ArAra Güler Museum (AGM) is a private museum established to preserve, exhibit and transmit the works, archives, personal belongings and professional legacy of the photographer and photojournalist Ara Güler (1928–2018). The museum opened on 16 August 2018, in the Bomontiada complex in Istanbul’s Şişli district, in collaboration with the Doğuş Group, on the occasion of the artist’s 90th birthday. Recognized as Türkiye’s first photography museum meeting international standards, the building was grant
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Meltem Saraç