Tekstil atığı bağış kutusuna konmadı.

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• tekstil = textile
• atığı = its waste / waste of textile → together with tekstil, this forms tekstil atığı = textile waste
• bağış = donation
• kutusuna = into/to its box → here bağış kutusu means donation box, and -na adds to/into
• konmadı = was not put

So the structure is roughly:

• [Tekstil atığı] [bağış kutusuna] [konmadı]
• [Textile waste] [into the donation box] [was not put]

Turkish normally puts the verb at the end, so this word order is very natural.

Because tekstil atığı is a Turkish noun compound.

In Turkish, when one noun modifies another noun in this way, the second noun often takes the 3rd person possessive suffix:

• tekstil atığı = textile waste
• literally something like the waste of textile

So:

• atık = waste
• atığ-ı = its waste

Also, the final k of atık changes to ğ before a vowel-ending suffix:

• atık
  • -ı → atığı

This -ı here is not the accusative case. It is part of the compound.

No. In this sentence, atığı is most naturally understood as part of the compound tekstil atığı.

That is important because English speakers often see -ı / -i / -u / -ü and think, accusative. But here the ending belongs to the noun-compound pattern, not to the direct object case.

A useful comparison:

• tekstil atığı = textile waste
• tekstil atığını = the textile waste (accusative form)

So if it were accusative, you would expect an extra case marking on top of the compound form.

This is another noun compound plus a case ending.

First:

• bağış = donation
• kutu = box
• bağış kutusu = donation box

Here, kutu takes the compound suffix:

• kutu
  • -su → kutusu

Then Turkish adds the dative case meaning to / into:

• kutusu
  • -na → kutusuna

So:

• bağış kutusu = donation box
• bağış kutusuna = to / into the donation box

The n in -na is a buffer consonant used after this possessive ending.

The Turkish dative case (-a / -e) often covers both ideas:

• to
• toward
• into, depending on context

With containers such as box, bag, room, drawer, etc., English often uses into, while Turkish still commonly uses the dative.

So:

• bağış kutusuna kondu = it was put into the donation box

That is a normal and natural use of the dative in Turkish.

Because konmadı is the passive form.

Compare:

• koydu = he/she/it put
• koymadı = he/she/it did not put
• kondu = it was put
• konmadı = it was not put

So the sentence is passive:

• Tekstil atığı bağış kutusuna konmadı.
• The textile waste was not put into the donation box.

This is a very common Turkish pattern when the doer is unknown, unimportant, or not mentioned.

It can be understood as:

• kon- = be put / be placed
• -ma- = negation
• -dı = past tense

So:

• kondu = was put
• konmadı = was not put

For a learner, the most useful thing is simply to recognize konmak here as the passive counterpart of koymak.

Yes, it is passive.

• konmadı = was not put

In a passive sentence, the person who did the action is often omitted. Turkish does this very naturally, just like English:

• The textile waste was not put into the donation box.

We do not know from the sentence alone who failed to put it there. The sentence focuses on the result, not the agent.

If Turkish wanted to say the active version, it could be something like:

• Biri tekstil atığını bağış kutusuna koymadı.
• Someone did not put the textile waste into the donation box.

Because Turkish normally prefers Subject–Object/Complement–Verb order, with the verb last.

Here the order is:

• Tekstil atığı = subject/topic
• bağış kutusuna = destination
• konmadı = verb

So the sentence ends with the verb, which is standard Turkish word order.

English speakers often expect the verb earlier, but in Turkish, final verbs are one of the most basic patterns to get used to.

Yes, Turkish word order is flexible, but changing it usually changes emphasis, not the core meaning.

For example, this sentence could be rearranged in some contexts, but:

• Tekstil atığı bağış kutusuna konmadı

is the most neutral and natural version.

Turkish often moves elements around to highlight contrast, focus, or topic. Still, for learners, the safest default is:

• put the main verb at the end

Turkish does not use articles the way English does.

So Turkish often leaves definiteness to context:

• tekstil atığı can mean textile waste, the textile waste, or sometimes just a textile-waste item, depending on context
• bağış kutusuna can mean to the donation box

English requires an article much more often, but Turkish usually does not.

That is why the meaning in English may need the, even though there is no separate Turkish word for it.

They are both examples of a very common Turkish noun-compound pattern.

Pattern:

• first noun stays unchanged
• second noun takes a possessive-type ending

Examples:

• çöp kutusu = trash can
• okul kapısı = school gate
• meyve suyu = fruit juice
• tekstil atığı = textile waste
• bağış kutusu = donation box

This pattern is extremely common in Turkish, and English speakers need to get used to the fact that the second noun often looks possessed, even when the whole phrase is just a compound noun in English.

A straightforward active version would be:

• Tekstil atığını bağış kutusuna koymadı.
• He/She did not put the textile waste into the donation box.

Notice the difference:

• Tekstil atığı ... konmadı = passive, was not put
• Tekstil atığını ... koymadı = active, did not put

Also notice that in the active sentence, tekstil atığını has the accusative ending, because it is now the direct object.

That contrast is very useful for learning:

• atığı = compound form
• atığını = compound + accusative