Cfrgtkky

I am writing my thesis in Latex, using texmaker but i have too many white pages that i want to get rid of but don't know how. Maybe someone here has an idea:) Here is a MWE:

documentclass[12pt]{book}



begin{document}



begin{titlepage}



    include{...}



end{titlepage}



include{./chapters/statutory_declaration}



clearpage



setcounter{tocdepth}{2}



frontmatter



include{./chapters/abstract} %% without this everything is exactly as I wish.. but I'd like to include the abstract on the left page right next to the table of contents... if I include it like this there is another blank page between the statutory_declaration and the abstract and between abstract and table of contents....



tableofcontents



setcounter{page}{0}



mainmatter



include{./chapters/introduction}



include{./chapters/chapter_01}



include{./chapters/chapter_02}



include{./chapters/chapter_03}



include{./chapters/conclusion}



%% Bibliography



bibliographystyle{alpha}



bibliography{...}



end{document}

If someone could help me I would be really thankful!!! Since this is my very first MWE just let me know if I missed something important for you to know.
Thank you!

The technique of https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/139334/15925 can be applied as follows, removing removing 4 blank pages:

documentclass[12pt]{book}



begin{document}



begin{titlepage}

Title

end{titlepage}



begingroup

letcleardoublepageclearpage



chapter*{Declaration}



setcounter{tocdepth}{2}



frontmatter



chapter*{Abstract}



tableofcontents



endgroup



mainmatter



chapter{Introduction}



chapter{First chapter}



end{document}