Çadır tentesi rüzgâr kırıcıyla birlikte kuruldu.

Because Turkish commonly links two nouns with an indefinite noun compound pattern.

Here:

• çadır = tent
• tente = awning / canopy
• tente + -si = tentesi

So çadır tentesi means something like tent awning or the awning of a tent.

In this pattern:

• the first noun stays bare
• the second noun takes a possessive-style ending

That is why çadır tente sounds incomplete or ungrammatical, while çadır tentesi is the normal form.

A similar pattern is:

• araba kapısı = car door
• ev kapısı = house door

Yes, but not in exactly the same way as English possession.

Çadır tentesi is an indefinite noun compound, which uses the same ending as the 3rd person possessive on the second noun. It does not necessarily mean a strongly personal possession like the tent’s awning.

Compare:

• çadır tentesi = tent awning / the tent canopy
• çadırın tentesi = the awning of the tent / the tent’s awning

The version with -ın on çadırın is a more explicit, fully marked possessive construction.

-yla here means with, and it is the attached form of ile.

So:

• rüzgâr kırıcı ile = with the windbreak
• rüzgâr kırıcıyla = with the windbreak

They mean the same thing.

Why -yla?

• ile can be written separately
• or it can attach to the previous word
• when it attaches after a vowel, Turkish uses a buffer y

Since kırıcı ends in a vowel, you get:

• kırıcı + ile → kırıcıyla

This ending is often called the comitative/instrumental marker, depending on the context.

Good question. Yes, -yla / ile already gives the idea of with, so birlikte is not strictly necessary.

But birlikte adds the sense of:

• together
• along with
• at the same time as

So:

• rüzgâr kırıcıyla kuruldu = was set up with the windbreak
• rüzgâr kırıcıyla birlikte kuruldu = was set up together with the windbreak

Using both is very natural in Turkish and gives a slightly more explicit together/along with feeling.

Because kuruldu is passive, while kurdu is active.

• kurdu = he/she/it set up
• kuruldu = it was set up

Here the sentence focuses on the thing that was set up, not on who did it.

Breakdown:

• kur- = set up / establish
• -ul- = passive marker
• -du = past tense

So kuruldu means was set up.

No. Kurulmak / kuruldu can have several related meanings depending on context, such as:

• was set up
• was installed
• was established
• was founded

For example:

• a company can kuruldu = was founded
• a table can kuruldu = was set up
• a tent structure can kuruldu = was put up / set up

In this sentence, because the subject is camping equipment, was set up is the most natural meaning.

Because Turkish normally prefers verb-final word order.

The basic pattern is often:

• subject + other elements + verb

So here:

• Çadır tentesi = subject
• rüzgâr kırıcıyla birlikte = accompanying phrase
• kuruldu = verb

That makes the sentence very natural in Turkish.

Turkish word order is flexible, but the verb often stays at the end unless there is a special emphasis.

Because Turkish does not have articles like English the and a/an in the same way.

Whether English uses the, a, or no article is usually decided from context.

So çadır tentesi can be understood in English as:

• the tent awning
• a tent awning
• tent awning

depending on the situation.

If Turkish wants to be clearly indefinite, it can use bir:

• bir çadır tentesi = a tent awning

But in many ordinary sentences, Turkish simply leaves that unspoken.

It means windbreak or wind shield/screen, depending on context.

Literally:

• rüzgâr = wind
• kırıcı = breaker / something that breaks

So the idea is something that breaks the wind.

In camping context, rüzgâr kırıcı refers to a physical barrier or screen used to reduce wind exposure.

The mark over â is a circumflex. In rüzgâr, it can show a more careful or traditional spelling and may reflect vowel length or a slight pronunciation distinction historically.

In modern Turkish, many people write:

• rüzgâr
• or rüzgar

Both are commonly seen, and learners do not need to worry too much about it at first. The important part is recognizing the word as wind.