Askılık ikinci el kıyafetler için ayrıldı.

Askılık is a noun for something used to hang clothes on. Depending on context, it can mean:

• hanger
• coat rack
• clothes rack
• hook/stand for hanging clothes

It comes from askı (hanger / something to hang with) + -lık, a suffix that often means a place/container/object used for something.

So in this sentence, askılık is the item that has been designated for the clothes.

Literally, ikinci el means second hand:

• ikinci = second
• el = hand

Together, ikinci el is the normal Turkish expression for used / second-hand goods.

So:

• ikinci el kıyafetler = second-hand clothes

This is a fixed expression, so learners should treat it as one unit of meaning.

Because it is a normal noun phrase in Turkish, not a single fused word. Turkish commonly uses multi-word expressions like this.

So you write:

• ikinci el araba = second-hand car
• ikinci el kitaplar = second-hand books
• ikinci el kıyafetler = second-hand clothes

Even though English often uses a hyphen in second-hand, Turkish keeps ikinci el as two separate words.

Because Turkish adjectives do not agree with the nouns they describe.

In English, adjectives also do not change much, but learners sometimes expect some kind of agreement. In Turkish, you simply keep the adjective the same:

• ikinci el kıyafet = second-hand clothing / a second-hand garment
• ikinci el kıyafetler = second-hand clothes

No plural ending is added to ikinci or el. Only the noun kıyafetler takes the plural marker -ler.

İçin is a postposition meaning for.

So:

• ikinci el kıyafetler için = for second-hand clothes

Turkish uses postpositions after the noun phrase, where English often uses prepositions before it.

Compare:

• English: for second-hand clothes
• Turkish: second-hand clothes for

That is why için comes after kıyafetler.

Kıyafetler is:

• kıyafet = clothing item / outfit / garment / clothes
• -ler = plural

So kıyafetler means clothes.

In Turkish, when you mean multiple actual items, using the plural is normal. Here the sentence is talking about second-hand clothes in general, so kıyafetler is natural.

Also note that Turkish sometimes leaves nouns singular after numbers, but that does not apply here.

Here ayrıldı means something like:

• was set aside
• was reserved
• was allocated
• was designated

It comes from the verb family around ayırmak (to separate / set aside / reserve) and ayrılmak.

In other contexts, ayrılmak can also mean:

• to separate
• to split up
• to leave / depart

But in this sentence, because of ... için (for ...), the meaning is clearly was set aside for.

So the whole sentence means that the rack/hanger was specifically reserved for second-hand clothes.

It is related to a passive/intransitive form, yes.

A helpful way to think about it is:

• ayırmak = to set aside / separate something
• ayrılmak = to be set apart / be separated / leave

In this sentence, ayrıldı works like was set aside or was reserved.

For an English speaker, the easiest interpretation is basically passive-like:

• Askılık ... ayrıldı = The rack was set aside ...

Turkish often expresses ideas that English would translate with was + past participle using a single verb form instead.

Because Turkish usually builds that meaning directly into the verb.

In English, you might say:

• was reserved
• was set aside

In Turkish, tense and voice are often part of one word:

• ayrıldı

This one word carries the idea of:

• the action/state
• past tense
• third person singular

So Turkish does not need a separate word equivalent to English was here.

The ending -dı / -di / -du / -dü / -tı / -ti / -tu / -tü is the Turkish definite past tense.

In ayrıldı, the past marker is -dı.

Very roughly:

• ayrıl- = be set apart / separate / leave
• -dı = past tense

So ayrıldı means was set aside or got separated depending on context.

The exact vowel and consonant shape of the ending changes because of vowel harmony and consonant rules, but its function is the same: past tense.

Turkish word order is flexible, but the most neutral pattern often puts the verb at the end.

Here:

• Askılık = topic / subject-like element
• ikinci el kıyafetler için = for second-hand clothes
• ayrıldı = was set aside

So the sentence naturally builds up and then ends with the verb.

You could also say:

• İkinci el kıyafetler için askılık ayrıldı.

That would still be grammatical, but it shifts the emphasis a little. Starting with Askılık makes the rack itself the topic.

Because Turkish has no articles like English a/an/the.

So askılık can mean:

• a rack
• the rack
• rack

The exact meaning depends on context.

In this sentence, English will usually need an article in translation, but Turkish does not.

It is understandable and basically natural, especially in a practical context such as a shop, donation area, or sorting room.

However, depending on context, native speakers might also say:

• Askılık ikinci el kıyafetler için ayrılmıştır.
• Bu askılık ikinci el kıyafetler için ayrıldı.
• Bu askılık ikinci el kıyafetlere ayrıldı.

Small differences:

• ayrıldı sounds like it was set aside
• ayrılmıştır sounds a bit more formal or written, like a notice/sign
• bu askılık makes it clearer that you mean this rack

So the original sentence is fine, but there are other natural versions too.