Mutfak temiz olunca ben daha rahat yemek yapıyorum.

to be

Breakdown of Mutfak temiz olunca ben daha rahat yemek yapıyorum.

• ben: I
• yemek yapmak: to cook
• daha: more

Questions & Answers about Mutfak temiz olunca ben daha rahat yemek yapıyorum.

What does olunca mean here, and why is it used?

olunca is the verb olmak (to be / to become) + the converb suffix -ınca / -ince / -unca / -ünce, which often means when / once / as soon as something happens or is true.
So temiz olunca literally means when it is clean / once it’s clean.
In this sentence it introduces the condition/time that makes the second part true.

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Why is it temiz olunca and not just temizince or something like that?

Turkish usually doesn’t attach -ınca directly to adjectives. Instead, you typically use olmak as a “linking” verb:

• temiz olunca = when (it) is clean
  Trying to form something like temizince would sound unnatural/incorrect in standard Turkish.

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Could I also say Mutfak temizken...? What’s the difference?