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Sentez cihazı laboratuvarda deneyler için kullanılıyor.

Sentez cihazı laboratuvarda deneyler için kullanılıyor.
The synthesis device is used for experiments in the laboratory.
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Questions & Answers about Sentez cihazı laboratuvarda deneyler için kullanılıyor.

What does the suffix -da in laboratuvarda indicate?
The suffix -da marks the locative case (“in/at”). It turns laboratuvar (“laboratory”) into laboratuvarda (“in the laboratory”) by following Turkish vowel harmony.
Why is deneyler plural, and why doesn’t it carry another suffix before için?
Deneyler is “experiments,” formed with the plural suffix -ler. The postposition için (“for”) requires the noun in its basic (nominative) form, so no additional case ending appears. Hence deneyler için = “for experiments.”
Is için a suffix or a separate word?
için is a postposition (like an English preposition) meaning “for.” It always follows the noun (with its case ending, if any) and is written separately, not as a suffix.
Why does cihazı end in -ı? Is that the accusative marker?
Here -ı is the 3rd person singular possessive suffix, not the accusative. In the noun compound sentez cihazı (“synthesis device”), the second noun takes a possessive ending to form a definite compound (a belirtili tamlama).
How is the passive continuous kullanılıyor formed from kullanmak?
You start with the stem kullan- (“to use”), add the passive suffix -ıl/-il/-ul/-ül (→ kullanıl-), then the progressive suffix -iyor/-ıyor/uyor/üyor (→ kullanıl-ıyor), and finally the 3rd person ending (zero in this case). The result kullanılıyor means “is being used” or simply “is used.”
Why is there no agent (“by someone”) in the sentence?

In Turkish passive constructions, the agent is often omitted when it’s unknown or unimportant. If you want to specify the doer, you can add tarafından. For example:
Sentez cihazı laboratuvarda deneyler için Dr. Yılmaz tarafından kullanılıyor.

What is the normal word order in Turkish, and how does this sentence follow it?

Turkish typically follows Subject-Adjuncts-Object-Verb (S-A-O-V). Here we have:
Subject (sentez cihazı) – Place adjunct (laboratuvarda) – Purpose adjunct (deneyler için) – Verb (kullanılıyor).

How would you express this sentence in the active voice?

An active equivalent could be:
(Onlar) laboratuvarda deneyler için sentez cihazını kullanıyorlar.
Here cihazını bears the accusative -ını, and onlar (“they”) can be dropped if the subject is clear.

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