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One persons trash is another persons literary treasure.
Sad to see resources that could easily benefit others being thrown away, they came up with an idea.
The workers created a library with the books they rescued from being sent to a landfill.
The garbage collectors began organizing the books in an underground brick factory.
The spot, which had long been abandoned, was part of sanitation department headquarters.
Once they sorted the books by category, the workers visited the library before and after their shifts.
Then, they began lending out tomes to their friends and families.
With a collection of over 6,000 books, the library features Turkish literature and non-fiction.
It also boasts a popular kids section with comic books and an entire section for scientific research.
More recently, it got a lounge area for readers and chess boards for visitors.
Thrilled by this mission, the local municipality, Cankaya, funded the salary of a full-time library employee.
We started to discuss the idea of creating a library from these books.
And when everyone supported it, this project happened,saidCankaya Mayor Alper Tasdelen.
Now, a garbage truck has been converted into a mobile library that doubles as a donations truck.
The endeavor has reached beyond Ankara.
On one hand, there were those who were leaving these books on the streets, Tasdelen said.
On the other hand, others were looking for these books.
Today, it has over 6,000 books.
