Başvuru için kimlik kartımın fotokopisini çektirdim.

İçin is a postposition that often means for or for the purpose of. So başvuru için means for the application or for use in the application.

It tells you the purpose of the action:

• başvuru = application
• için = for

So this part answers why the person had the photocopy made.

It breaks down like this:

• kimlik kartı = ID card
• kimlik kartım = my ID card
• kimlik kartımın = of my ID card

Turkish usually shows possession with suffixes instead of separate words like my. So instead of adding a separate word before the noun, Turkish adds an ending:

• -ım / -im / -um / -üm = my
• -ın / -in / -un / -ün = of

Here, kimlik kartımın means of my ID card.

Fotokopisini can be understood as:

• fotokopi = photocopy
• fotokopisi = its photocopy / the photocopy of it
• fotokopisini = its photocopy, as a specific direct object

So the endings are doing two jobs:

1. -si links it to the previous noun phrase: the photocopy of my ID card
2. -ni marks it as a definite/specific object of the verb

This is very common in Turkish noun phrases.

This is a very common Turkish pattern called the genitive-possessive construction.

Turkish often marks:

• the owner/source with the genitive
• the thing belonging to it with a possessive ending

So:

• kimlik kartımın = of my ID card
• fotokopisi = its photocopy

Together:

• kimlik kartımın fotokopisi = the photocopy of my ID card

English normally says just the photocopy of my ID card, but Turkish marks both parts.

That -ni is the accusative case, used here because the photocopy is a specific, definite direct object.

Compare the idea:

• fotokopisi = its photocopy
• fotokopisini = its photocopy, as the thing I had made

In Turkish, specific direct objects often take the accusative. Since this sentence refers to a particular photocopy of a particular ID card, -ni is natural here.

Çektirdim is based on the verb çekmek, but here it appears in the causative form.

A simple breakdown is:

• çek- = pull / draw / take
• çek-tir- = have something done, make someone do it
• çek-tir-di-m = I had it done

So çektirdim means I had it made or I got it done.

With fotokopi, this becomes the common meaning:

• fotokopi çektirmek = to have a photocopy made

Usually, yes, that is the idea.

The causative often suggests that:

• you arranged for the action,
• someone else did it,
• or it was done as a service for you.

So fotokopisini çektirdim most naturally means I had the photocopy made, for example at a copy shop, office, or machine operated for that purpose.

In everyday use, it does not always focus strongly on who did it; the main idea is that you got it done.

Yes, it is a very common expression in Turkish.

Even though çekmek has basic meanings like pull or draw, with fotokopi the expression fotokopi çekmek / çektirmek is standard and means:

• fotokopi çekmek = to make a photocopy
• fotokopi çektirmek = to have a photocopy made

So this is something you should learn as a set phrase rather than trying to interpret çekmek too literally.

Turkish does not have articles like English the and a in the same way.

Instead, Turkish often shows definiteness through:

• context
• case endings
• word order
• whether bir is used

Here, fotokopisini is specific, and the accusative helps show that. So the sentence naturally gives the sense of the photocopy or a specific photocopy.

If you wanted to emphasize a copy, you could use bir in some contexts:

• kimlik kartımın bir fotokopisini...

But in the given sentence, the meaning is already specific enough without an article.

Yes. Turkish word order is flexible, although the neutral order usually puts the verb at the end.

This sentence is naturally:

• Başvuru için kimlik kartımın fotokopisini çektirdim.

But you could move parts around for emphasis, for example:

• Kimlik kartımın fotokopisini başvuru için çektirdim.

Both are understandable. The version with başvuru için first sounds very natural because it sets up the purpose right away: For the application, I had a photocopy of my ID card made.