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When evaluating an outcome—like dissecting a team's performance after an intense escape room—Turkish uses two distinct words to separate positive credit from negative blame.

### Positive Attribution: sayesinde

To express "thanks to," use the postposition **sayesinde**. It is used strictly for positive outcomes where you want to give credit.

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Grammatically, **sayesinde** follows a word in the genitive case. When crediting a specific trait, the person or group takes the genitive suffix (the "possessor"), and their helpful trait takes the possessive suffix.

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### Negative Cause: yüzünden

To express "because of" in a negative sense—when assigning blame or explaining a failure—use **yüzünden**. 

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It works exactly like **sayesinde** grammatically, but strictly carries a tone of fault or regret.

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### Blaming or Crediting Directly

If you want to attribute the outcome directly to a specific person or group rather than a trait, simply attach the genitive suffix directly to that person or group, immediately followed by the postposition.

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### Contrasting Outcomes

In a post-game analysis, you can easily pair both structures in a single sentence to break down a mixed performance:

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Because of and thanks to (yüzünden, sayesinde)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (bu, şu, o)

Basic question words (kim, ne)

Plural nouns (-lar, -ler)

I am and you are (-(y)ım, -sın)

We, you, and they are (-(y)ız, -sınız)

Negative statements (değil)

Yes and no questions (mı, mi, mu, mü)

Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)

Numbers 1 to 10 (bir, iki, üç)

Numbers 11 to 20 (on bir, on iki)

Numbers by tens to 100 (otuz, kırk...)

Counting objects (tane)

The locative case (-da, -de)

Consonant assimilation (-ta, -te)

Asking where (nerede)

There is / there are (var)

There is not / there are not (yok)

Asking how many (kaç)

Infinitive verbs (-mak, -mek)

Informal commands (git, gel)

Negative commands (-ma, -me)

Polite and plural commands (-In, -InIz)

Basic word order

Present continuous for consonant roots (-iyor)

Present continuous for vowel roots (-iyor)

Present continuous personal suffixes (-iyorum)

Negative present continuous (-miyor)

Present continuous questions (-iyor mu)

Future plans with present continuous

The dative case (-(y)a, -(y)e)

Consonant mutation (k, t, p, ç to ğ, d, b, c)

From or out of (-dan / -den)

Directional question words (nereye, nereden)

First and second person possessives (-(i)m, -(i)n)

Third person possessive (-(s)i)

Plural possessives (-imiz, -iniz, -leri)

The genitive case (-(n)in)

Definite noun compounds (-nin ... -si)

Indefinite noun compounds (bare noun + -(s)i)

Possessive buffer letter (n)

Spatial postpositions (içinde, üstünde)

The definite direct object (-(y)ı, -(y)i)

Object question words (kimi, neyi)

Adjectives modifying nouns

Manner and choice questions (nasıl, hangi)

Basic degree modifiers (çok, biraz)

Comparisons (daha, en)

Days of the week

Months of the year

The time question word (ne zaman)

Telling time (saat, buçuk)

Asking the time (saat kaç, saat kaçta)

Basic conjunctions (ve, ama, veya)

Causality conjunction (çünkü)

Means and accompaniment (ile, -(y)lA)

Purpose and beneficiaries (için)

Expressing desire (-mak istemek)

The past copula (-(y)DI)

The direct past tense (-DI)

Past tense personal suffixes (-DIm, -DIn)

Past tense negative (-mAdI)

Past tense questions (-DI mI)

Ordinal numbers (-(I)ncI)

Greetings and politeness

Saying 'too' (de, da)

Conversation fillers (şey, yani, hadi)

Conversational essentials

Reflexive pronouns (kendim, kendin)

Reciprocal pronouns (birbiri)

Indefinite pronouns for people (herkes, kimse)

Indefinite pronouns for things and places (her şey, hiçbir şey)

Conjunctions of consequence (bu yüzden, bu nedenle)

Correlative conjunctions (hem... hem, ne... ne)

Verbs taking the dative case (-e / -a)

Verbs taking the ablative case (-den / -dan)

Time origin (beri)

Time duration (-DIr)

Comparisons of similarity (gibi)

Comparisons of equality (kadar)

Perspectives (göre)

Verbal nouns (-mA / -mE)

Verbal nouns as objects (-mAyI / -mEyI)

Verbal nouns with the dative (-mAyA / -mEyA)

General necessity (lazım / gerek)

Personal necessity (-mAm lazım)

Third-person commands (-sIn / -sInlAr)

First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)

Question	Answer
intelligence (mental capacity)	zekâ
thanks to (positive attribution)	sayesinde
escape	kaçış
Thanks to his intelligence, we finished the escape game.	Onun zekâsı sayesinde kaçış oyununu bitirdik.
impatience	sabırsızlık
because of (negative cause)	yüzünden
Because of your impatience, we lost the game.	Senin sabırsızlığın yüzünden oyunu kaybettik.
Because of their mistake, the door did not open.	Onların hatası yüzünden kapı açılmadı.
cooperation	işbirliği
Thanks to the team's cooperation, we won the game.	Takımın işbirliği sayesinde oyunu kazandık.
observation	gözlem
Thanks to the most careful player's observation, we found the hidden clue.	En dikkatli oyuncunun gözlemi sayesinde gizli ipucunu bulduk.
to direct / to guide	yönlendirmek
Thanks to the leader who guided us, we got out of the room.	Bizi yönlendiren liderin sayesinde odadan çıktık.
strategy	strateji
Because of his bad strategy, we entered the wrong password.	Onun kötü stratejisi yüzünden yanlış şifreyi girdik.
Thanks to your attention, we did not fall into the trap.	Senin dikkatin sayesinde tuzağa düşmedik.
carelessness	dikkatsizlik
We solved the problem thanks to your intelligence, but we lost time because of his carelessness.	Senin zekân sayesinde problemi çözdük ama onun dikkatsizliği yüzünden zaman kaybettik.
Because of your panic, the team did not notice the clue.	Senin paniğin yüzünden takım ipucunu fark etmedi.
Because of the players who argued, we lost time.	Kavga eden oyuncuların yüzünden zaman kaybettik.
Because of your carelessness and impatience, the escape was terrible.	Senin dikkatsizliğin ve sabırsızlığın yüzünden kaçış berbattı.
Thanks to our cooperation and strategy, we got out of the room.	İşbirliğimiz ve stratejimiz sayesinde odadan çıktık.
Thanks to your great observation, we guided the team correctly.	Senin harika gözlemin sayesinde takımı doğru yönlendirdik.
consequently, therefore	dolayısıyla
There is icing tonight; consequently the roads are dangerous.	Bu gece buzlanma var; dolayısıyla yollar tehlikeli.
Our budget is insufficient; consequently we postponed the project.	Bütçemiz yetersiz; dolayısıyla projeyi erteledik.
The weather was very bad; consequently the flight was cancelled.	Hava çok kötüydü; dolayısıyla uçuş iptal edildi.