Cidden hayret, soru falan sormadın.

Cidden means something like seriously, honestly, or for real in colloquial speech.

In this sentence, it adds a tone of genuine surprise or disbelief. It is not just giving information; it shows the speaker’s reaction.

So Cidden hayret is roughly like:

• Seriously, I’m surprised
• Honestly, wow
• Really, that’s surprising

It is conversational and expressive.

Hayret literally means amazement, surprise, or astonishment.

But in everyday Turkish, it is often used almost like an interjection:

• How surprising
• Wow
• I’m amazed
• That’s unexpected

So Cidden hayret is not a very literal noun phrase in feeling. It functions more like an emotional comment: the speaker is reacting with surprise.

Not really in a strict grammatical sense. It is more of a short exclamatory expression.

Turkish often allows this kind of compressed, conversational phrasing. A fuller version might be something like:

• Cidden hayret ettim.
• Cidden çok hayret verici.
• Cidden buna hayret ettim.

But in natural speech, people often shorten emotional reactions. So Cidden hayret sounds like a quick spoken response rather than a carefully complete sentence.

Falan means something like:

• or something
• and so on
• or whatever
• and stuff

In soru falan sormadın, it gives the sense of:

• You didn’t ask any questions or anything
• You didn’t ask questions or whatever
• You didn’t ask anything like that

It makes the statement broader and more casual. The speaker is not talking only about literal questions, but about that whole type of thing.

In Turkish, a singular noun is often used where English would naturally use a plural.

So soru sormak means to ask a question / ask questions depending on context.

Because of that, soru falan sormadın can still mean:

• You didn’t ask any questions or anything

Using sorular falan is possible in some contexts, but here soru falan sounds more natural and idiomatic.

Because soru here is a non-specific direct object.

Compare:

• Soruyu sormadın = You didn’t ask the question
  specific question
• Soru sormadın = You didn’t ask a question / ask questions
  non-specific

In Turkish, specific direct objects usually take the accusative, but non-specific ones usually do not.

Here the idea is not that particular question, but rather any question at all / questions or anything. So no accusative is used.

Sormadın breaks down like this:

• sor- = ask
• -ma- = negative
• -dı- = past tense
• -n = you (2nd person singular)

So:

• sor-dun = you asked
• sor-ma-dın = you didn’t ask

This is a very common Turkish verb pattern.

It may feel a little repetitive from an English point of view, but it is completely normal Turkish.

Soru sormak is the standard expression for to ask a question.

Similar patterns are common in Turkish:

• yardım etmek = to help
• karar vermek = to decide
• fotoğraf çekmek = to take a photo

So soru sormak is just the normal way to express the idea.

The tone is conversational and slightly surprised, possibly mildly critical.

Depending on context, it could sound like:

• genuine surprise
• teasing
• disappointment
• mild reproach

For example, the speaker may be reacting to someone who stayed quiet when they were expected to ask questions.

The sentence feels informal, spoken, and emotionally colored.

Yes, in many situations gerçekten could replace it.

For example:

• Gerçekten hayret, soru falan sormadın.

But the feeling changes a bit:

• cidden is more colloquial and casual
• gerçekten is more neutral and standard

So cidden fits better if the speaker sounds informal or spontaneous.

Yes. Falan and filan are variants of the same word.

They both mean things like:

• or something
• and so on
• or whatever

In modern usage, falan is very common in writing and speech. Filan is also heard and understood.

So soru falan sormadın and soru filan sormadın mean essentially the same thing.

Because Turkish normally puts the finite verb at the end of the clause.

So:

• soru falan sormadın
  literally something like question or whatever did-not-ask-you

That is standard Turkish word order.

The first part, Cidden hayret, is like a separate reaction placed before the main clause. Then the main clause ends with the verb sormadın, as expected.

Yes, very naturally.

For example:

• Cidden hayret, hiç soru falan sormadın.

That would mean something like:

• Seriously, surprisingly, you didn’t ask any questions at all.

Adding hiç makes the negative idea stronger. It emphasizes not at all.

Without hiç, the original sentence is already perfectly natural; it just sounds a little less emphatic.