To find the entrance, you need to circumnavigate the building of the Karakoy pier from the water side. And look for an inconspicuous gray door with the inscription Kütüphane (Library) next to the entrance to the underpass.
Here are 3 facts that will break your brain.
1st. The main character here is glass. Not just panoramic, but strategic. The architects so inscribed it in the design of the historical pier (1914 built, by the way) that you see three epochs at the same time. Left - Galata Tower (XIV century). Directly in the centre – the minarets of Ottoman Istanbul. On the right are modern skyscrapers.
2. There are no random books. The library's fund is about 5,000 volumes, and it is cunningly twisted around the theme of "The City and the Sea.". You will find rare albums of marine architecture, books about Istanbul piers, memories of captains and, of course, all Orhan Pamuk in Turkish and English.
3. This is the most democratic coworking in the world. Free Wi-Fi, sockets, absolute silence and views from the Presidential Suite of the Four Seasons Hotel.
It's the perfect formula: literature + architecture + endless movement of water. Just one cup of tea, drunk here, cures the fuss better than any psychologist