{"id":6579,"date":"2025-07-17T11:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=6579"},"modified":"2025-08-01T10:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:29:53","slug":"building-bridges-through-books-turkish-literary-donation-to-the-national-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=6579","title":{"rendered":"Building Bridges Through Books: Turkish Literary Donation to the National Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6579\" class=\"elementor elementor-6579\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4d1261 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f4d1261\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-accb25a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"accb25a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7a2bdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7a2bdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In a gesture of cultural friendship, the National Library of Mauritius, operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Arts and Culture, welcomed a remarkable donation of Turkish literary works during a special ceremony held on its premises.<\/p><p>The event was attended by Hon. 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