Trial Access Announcement: Wikilala Database

04 Nov 2026

Dear AGU Members, 

 

The Wikilala database is available for trial access at our University until 15 November 2026.  Wikilala is a digital library that enables users to ‘search’ for texts (newspapers, journals, books and documents) from the Ottoman period (1729–1928) and the Republican era (1923–2023) – published after the invention of the printing press – using modern Turkish. 

 

 

Its content includes:

  • Newspapers: Over 3 million newspaper pages across 22 categories.
  • Magazines: Nearly 2 million magazine pages across 23 categories.
  • Books: Just over 48,000 books across 36 separate categories.
  • It includes the archives of the Cumhuriyet (1924–2023), Agos (1996–2023) and Aydınlık newspapers.

Access Link: https://wikilala.com/ 

Note: You will only be able to access it from the "Register" tab by create your account with your corporate e-mail address (......@agu.edu.tr extension).

 

 

Note**: You can also access off-campus by using our "Vetis" database.

Access Link: http://katalog.agu.edu.tr/vetisbt/ 

User Guide: https://www.yordambt.com/vetis/VETIS_Kullanim_Kilavuzu.pdf 

 

 

Regards,

 

AGU Library 

 

 

As AGU Library, we will happily assist you under kutuphane@agu.edu.tr in providing technical support, requests, and suggestions to all our staff.