Soğutucu çantayı kamp ocağından uzak tuttuk.

Here soğutucu is describing çanta, so it works like an adjective: cooling / cooler.

• çanta = bag
• soğutucu çanta = cooler bag / insulated cooler

In everyday English, this might simply be translated as the cooler if the context is clear.

Also, soğutucu can be a noun in other contexts, such as cooler or refrigerator/cooling device, but in this sentence it is modifying çanta.

Because çantayı has the accusative case ending -yı.

• çanta = a bag / bag
• çantayı = the bag

In Turkish, a specific definite direct object usually takes the accusative ending.

So:

• Soğutucu çanta tuttuk would sound like we kept a cooler bag
• Soğutucu çantayı tuttuk means we kept the cooler bag

The -y- is a buffer consonant added because çanta ends in a vowel.

-dan / -den is the ablative case, which often means from.

So:

• kamp ocağı = camping stove
• kamp ocağından = from the camping stove

In this sentence, it shows the thing that the cooler bag was kept away from.

So the pattern is:

• X'i Y'den uzak tutmak = to keep X away from Y

Because the word here is not just ocak. It is part of the compound noun kamp ocağı.

• ocak = stove
• kamp ocağı = camping stove

In Turkish noun compounds, the second noun usually takes the 3rd person possessive ending:

• kamp ocağı

Then when you add a case ending, it attaches to that full form:

• kamp ocağı
• kamp ocağından

There are two things to notice:

1. k changes to ğ before a vowel:
   • ocak → ocağı
2. A buffer n appears before the case ending:
   • ocağı + dan → ocağından

So ocaktan would mean from the stove, but ocağından means from the camping stove as a compound expression.

Literally, it is something like we kept [it] far.

But in natural English, uzak tutmak means:

• to keep away
• to keep something away from something

So:

• Soğutucu çantayı kamp ocağından uzak tuttuk.
• We kept the cooler bag away from the camping stove.

This is a very common Turkish expression:

• uzak tutmak = keep away
• uzak durmak = stay away

Tuttuk comes from the verb tutmak.

Breakdown:

• tut- = verb stem
• -tu- = past tense marker here
• -k = we

So:

• tuttuk = we kept / we held

Why the double t?

The stem already ends in t, and the past suffix begins with t/d depending on sound harmony, so they come together as tt in writing:

• tut + tu + k → tuttuk

In Turkish, the subject is often omitted because the verb already shows who is doing the action.

• tuttuk = we kept

So the sentence does not need biz unless you want emphasis.

• Biz soğutucu çantayı kamp ocağından uzak tuttuk. = We kept the cooler bag away from the camping stove.

Without biz, the meaning is still completely clear.

Yes. This is a very natural Turkish word order.

• Soğutucu çantayı = object
• kamp ocağından = from the camping stove
• uzak tuttuk = kept away

Turkish often puts the verb at the end, and other elements come before it.

A common pattern is:

• object + source/location + verb

So this sentence is structured very naturally.

Yes, but the nuance is a little different.

• uzak tuttuk = we kept it away
• uzaklaştırdık = we moved it away / removed it to a farther position

Uzak tuttuk emphasizes maintaining distance. Uzaklaştırdık emphasizes causing it to become distant.

So if the idea is that the cooler bag was not allowed to be near the stove, uzak tuttuk is a very good choice.

Turkish does not have a separate word like English the.

Instead, definiteness is often shown by context and grammar. In this sentence, çantayı is understood as a definite object because it has the accusative ending.

So Turkish often uses:

• accusative case
• context
• word order

instead of a separate article like the.

Usually kamp ocağı means camping stove or camp stove.

It is made from:

• kamp = camping / camp
• ocak = stove, burner, hearth

So in this sentence, the natural meaning is definitely camping stove.

Yes. This is a very useful pattern:

• X'i Y'den uzak tutmak = to keep X away from Y

Examples:

• Çocukları ateşten uzak tutun.
  Keep the children away from the fire.
• Telefonu sudan uzak tuttum.
  I kept the phone away from water.
• Kediyi mutfaktan uzak tuttular.
  They kept the cat away from the kitchen.

This is a great structure to remember.