Eski avize sallanıp durduğu için tamirciyi aradık.

Here eski means old in the sense of not new / aged.

So eski avize = the old chandelier.

In other contexts, eski can also mean former or ex-, but with an object like avize, the natural meaning is simply old.

Avize means chandelier or sometimes a hanging ceiling light fixture.

So the sentence is talking about a light hanging from the ceiling, not just any lamp.

The ending -ıp / -ip / -up / -üp links verbs together and often means something like and, by doing, or while doing, depending on the context.

Here, sallanıp durmak is a common Turkish verb combination. It does not literally mean just swinging and standing. Together, it means something like:

• to keep swinging
• to go on swinging
• to swing continuously / annoyingly

So:

• sallanmak = to swing, to sway
• sallanıp durmak = to keep swinging

That is why sallanıp is used here: it forms part of this compound-style expression.

This is one of the trickiest parts.

On its own, durmak usually means to stand, to stop, or to remain. But after another verb with -ıp, it can add the sense of continuing repeatedly or persistently.

So:

• sallanıp durmak = to keep swinging

Then durduğu is the subordinated form of that verb phrase, used inside a because clause:

• sallanıp durduğu için = because it kept swinging

The -duğu part is a verbal noun / subordinate clause form. It lets the whole action function like the fact that it kept swinging.

Both are possible, but they are built differently.

• çünkü sallanıyordu = because it was swinging
• sallanıp durduğu için = because it kept swinging

The structure with -DIK/-DUK + için is very common in Turkish for because ... clauses.

So this sentence literally works like:

• its keeping on swinging because of that → more naturally, because it kept swinging

This form is very natural in written and spoken Turkish.

-dığı / -diği / -duğu / -duğu / -tiği etc. is a subordinating suffix that turns a verb into a clause modifying a noun-like idea. When followed by için, it often means because.

Here is the structure:

• sallan-ıp dur-duğ-u için

Broken down:

• sallan- = swing
• -ıp = linking suffix
• dur- = continue / keep on
• -duğ- = subordinating suffix
• -u = 3rd person possessive marker
• için = because / for

So the whole phrase means: because it kept swinging

The -u is there because this kind of subordinate clause often behaves like a possessed verbal noun in Turkish.

The subject is understood from context: the chandelier (avize).

Turkish often leaves out pronouns and repeated subjects when they are clear. So:

• Eski avize ... sallanıp durduğu için ... = Because the old chandelier kept swinging...

You do not need to repeat avize again inside the clause.

Because tamirci is the definite direct object of aradık.

• tamirci = repairman / repair person
• tamirciyi = the repairman (as the object)

Turkish marks specific/definite direct objects with the accusative ending:

• tamirci aradık = we looked for / called a repairman
• tamirciyi aradık = we called the repairman

So -yi shows that the speaker has a specific repairman in mind.

It can mean both, depending on context.

• birini aramak can mean to look for someone
• it can also mean to call someone on the phone

In this sentence, with tamirciyi aradık, the intended meaning is most naturally:

• we called the repairman

The context of a chandelier problem makes that reading very clear.

Aradık is the 1st person plural simple past form of aramak.

Breakdown:

• ara- = call / look for
• -dı/-di/-du/-dü = past tense
• -k = we

So:

• aradık = we called / we looked for

Here: we called.

Turkish often places the reason before the main clause, especially with için.

So this is very natural:

• Eski avize sallanıp durduğu için tamirciyi aradık.
• Because the old chandelier kept swinging, we called the repairman.

A different order is sometimes possible, but this reason-first structure is very common and sounds natural.

Also remember that Turkish generally puts the main verb at the end, so aradık comes last.

Yes, usually.

• sallanmak = to swing / sway
• sallanıp durmak = to keep swinging, to go on swinging, often with a sense that it is noticeable, ongoing, or bothersome

So this sentence suggests not just a single movement, but a repeated or continuing one that made people decide to call the repairman.

Yes. Tamirci literally means repair person / repairman / fixer, and the exact English translation depends on context.

It could refer to:

• a handyman
• an appliance repair person
• an electrician-like repair worker
• a general repairman

In this sentence, since the problem is a chandelier, repairman is a good natural translation, though in real life it might specifically be an electrician or handyman.