Çorba yaparken özen gösterirsen, daha lezzetli olur.

Yaparken means while making / when making.

It is built from:

• yapmak = to make, to do
• verb stem yapar- / yap-
• -ken = while, when

So:

• yaparken = while making

In Turkish, -ken is very commonly used to mean while doing something:

• yemek yerken = while eating
• konuşurken = while speaking
• çalışırken = while studying/working

In this sentence, çorba yaparken means while making soup.

Because çorba yapmak is a very natural, general way to say to make soup.

Turkish often leaves out the accusative ending -(y)i when the object is non-specific or general. Here, the sentence is talking about soup-making in general, not one particular soup already identified in the conversation.

So:

• çorba yapmak = to make soup
• çorbayı yapmak = to make the soup / a specific soup

In this sentence, the general meaning fits better, so çorba without the accusative is normal.

Özen göstermek is a fixed expression meaning to take care, to be careful, to pay attention, or to put care into something.

Literally:

• özen = care, attention
• göstermek = to show

So word-for-word it is something like to show care, but in real usage it means to be careful / to take care.

Turkish uses a lot of these noun + verb combinations, and they are very common. English sometimes uses a single verb where Turkish uses an expression like this.

Examples:

• dikkat etmek = to pay attention
• yardım etmek = to help
• karar vermek = to decide
• özen göstermek = to take care / show care

So this is just a normal Turkish expression you should learn as a unit.

Gösterirsen means if you show or, in this expression, if you take care / if you are careful.

It breaks down like this:

• göster- = show
• -ir = aorist/simple present marker
• -sen = if you (2nd person singular conditional)

So:

• gösterirsen = if you do / if you show

In Turkish, the conditional is often built on the aorist/simple present form when talking about general situations:

• gelirsen = if you come
• yaparsan = if you do/make
• okursan = if you read
• gösterirsen = if you show

Here it gives a general if... then... meaning.

Because Turkish usually does not need subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows the person.

In gösterirsen, the ending -sen already tells you the subject is you (singular, informal).

So Turkish can say:

• özen gösterirsen = if you take care

without needing sen.

You could add sen for emphasis:

• Sen özen gösterirsen, daha lezzetli olur.

But in neutral speech, leaving it out is more natural.

It is second person singular informal: you when speaking to one person in a normal, non-formal way.

That comes from -sen in gösterirsen.

If you wanted plural or formal you, you would use -seniz:

• özen gösterirseniz = if you take care
  
  • either you all
  • or you in a formal/polite way

So the original sentence is addressing one person informally.

Here olur means something like becomes or turns out to be.

• olmak = to be, to become, to happen
• olur = aorist/simple present form

So:

• daha lezzetli olur = it becomes tastier / it will be tastier / it turns out tastier

In English, we might translate this in different ways depending on style:

• it becomes tastier
• it will be tastier
• it turns out more delicious

The Turkish aorist here expresses a general result: if X happens, Y happens.

Because the sentence expresses a general truth / usual result, not a specific event happening right now.

Turkish often uses the aorist for this kind of statement:

• Çalışırsan başarılı olursun. = If you study, you succeed / you’ll be successful.
• Erken gelirsen bizi görürsün. = If you come early, you see us / you’ll see us.

So:

• olur = general result, natural consequence
• olacak = will be (more specific future)
• oluyor = is becoming / is happening (ongoing, current process)

In this sentence, olur is the most natural choice.

Daha lezzetli means more delicious / tastier.

• lezzetli = delicious, tasty
• daha = more

Yes, it is a comparative form. Turkish often uses daha + adjective to make comparisons:

• daha iyi = better
• daha büyük = bigger
• daha ucuz = cheaper
• daha lezzetli = tastier

What is it being compared to? The comparison is understood from context:

• tastier than if you didn’t take care
• tastier than usual
• simply better in flavor

Turkish does not always need to state the full comparison explicitly.

The subject is understood from context: the soup.

Turkish often leaves subjects unstated when they are obvious. So:

• Çorba yaparken özen gösterirsen, daha lezzetli olur.

means:

• If you take care while making soup, [the soup] becomes tastier.

Even though çorba appears in the first part of the sentence, it is still naturally understood as the thing being described in the second part.

The given word order is natural, but Turkish is more flexible than English.

Current order:

• Çorba yaparken özen gösterirsen, daha lezzetli olur.

This is very natural because it presents:

1. the situation (while making soup)
2. the condition (if you take care)
3. the result (it becomes tastier)

You could also hear variations, depending on emphasis, such as:

• Özen gösterirsen çorba yaparken, daha lezzetli olur.
  This is less natural in everyday speech, but understandable.

• Çorba yaparken özen gösterirsen, çorba daha lezzetli olur.
  This is more explicit because it repeats çorba.

In general, the original sentence is smooth and idiomatic.

The comma separates the condition from the result.

Structure:

• Çorba yaparken özen gösterirsen = if you take care while making soup
• daha lezzetli olur = it becomes tastier

So the comma works like the pause in English sentences such as:

• If you are careful, it tastes better.

In Turkish, commas are commonly used after a conditional clause, especially when it comes first.

Yes, but they are slightly different.

• özen gösterirsen = if you take care / if you are careful
  This is very idiomatic and natural.

• özenli olursan = if you are careful / if you are meticulous
  Grammatically possible, but a bit less natural in this exact context.

• özenle yaparsan = if you make it carefully
  Also natural, and a little more direct.

So these are possible alternatives, but özen göstermek is a very common and good choice here.

It can feel like either in English, but the most natural translation is usually:

• If you are careful while making soup, it will be tastier.

Turkish -irsen ... olur often expresses a general cause-and-result relationship. English may translate that with:

• if ... will
• if ... is
• when ... is

depending on style and context.

So the Turkish is not narrowly tied to only one English tense choice. It mainly expresses a general rule: care leads to a tastier result.