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Garbage collectors in the Turkish Ankara are recycling the books they find in the . They have created a library. The library is full of books that people have thrown away. There are over 9,000 books on the library's shelves. The books are divided into over 20 , including politics, philosophy, drama, thrillers, romance, history, literature, living and economics. The library is inside a truck that tours schools in the of Ankara. The garbage collectors hope to create a passion for reading books in children, especially in the of mobile phones and tablets. Many schools do not have a reading room or their library.

The library has got a lot of in Turkey. There is now a for it to grow. People from all over Turkey are sending their unwanted or old books to the garbage collectors. The of the library said: "The interest is growing. Each day we have coming here to borrow books or have a time to read." A worker at the mobile library said: "We have books here for children from six to ten, but also books for children, like world classics and novels. We hope that it will amuse them and arouse a for books." Turkey currently has just one library for every 70,000 people, compared to one for every 6,200 people in the European Union.

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