Tahliye yolu açık; bununla birlikte güvenli değil.

open

Breakdown of Tahliye yolu açık; bununla birlikte güvenli değil.

• değil: not
• güvenli: safe
• tahliye yolu: an evacuation route

Questions & Answers about Tahliye yolu açık; bununla birlikte güvenli değil.

Why is it yolu and not just yol?

Because tahliye yolu is a common Turkish noun compound.

• tahliye = evacuation
• yol = road, way, route
• in this kind of compound, the second noun usually takes the compound/possessive ending -(s)I
• so yol becomes yolu

So tahliye yolu means evacuation route.

This pattern is very common in Turkish:

• okul kapısı = school gate
• otobüs durağı = bus stop
• yangın merdiveni = fire escape staircase

Why is there no word for is in Tahliye yolu açık?

In Turkish, when the predicate is a noun or adjective, the present-tense to be is often not stated.

So:

• Tahliye yolu açık = The evacuation route is open
• literally, it looks like Evacuation route open

This is completely normal Turkish.

If you want a more formal or emphatic version, you can add -dır:

• Tahliye yolu açıktır

But in everyday Turkish, leaving it out is much more common.

What exactly does açık mean here?