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To describe an action happening chaotically, everywhere, and all at once by a large group, Turkish uses a highly expressive double participle pattern.

**The Chaotic Abundance Pattern:** Take the Subject Relative Participle (verb stem + **-(y)an / -(y)en**) and follow it immediately with the *same* participle in the Dative case (**-a / -e**).

For example, **alan alana** (literally "buyer to buyer") is used to mean "people are buying left and right."

### The Shopping Frenzy

This pattern is perfect for describing massive sales where crowds swarm an aisle (**reyon**) for a bargain (**kelepir**).

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### Snatching and Tugging

When a crowd (**kalabalık**) acts wildly (**çılgınca**), reciprocal verbs like **kapışmak** (to scramble for / snatch up) and **çekiştirmek** (to tug) fit seamlessly into this double pattern to describe physical chaos.

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### Opportunists and Looting

In more extreme scenarios, you might see an opportunist (**fırsatçı**) looting (**yağmalamak**) items as if they were spoils of war or loot (**ganimet**).

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### Total Panic

To describe a place of absolute chaos, Turkish speakers use the phrase **mahşer yeri** (literally "doomsday place," but used to mean a madhouse). In a panic, people will scatter or flee (**kaçışmak**).

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Chaotic abundance (-an -a)

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)

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Asking how many (kaç)

Infinitive verbs (-mak, -mek)

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Basic word order

Present continuous for consonant roots (-iyor)

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Present continuous personal suffixes (-iyorum)

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Future plans with present continuous

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

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

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Time origin (beri)

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Verbal nouns (-mA / -mE)

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First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)

Question	Answer
aisle	reyon
At the sale aisle, people are buying left and right.	İndirimdeki reyonda alan alana.
Everyone had run to that aisle.	Herkes o reyona koşmuştu.
bargain	kelepir
People are eyeing the bargain items left and right; in the store, they are buying left and right.	Kelepir ürünleri gören görene, mağazada alan alana.
The bargain dresses were very cheap; however, they were all defective.	Kelepir elbiseler çok ucuzdu, ne var ki hepsi defoluydu.
People are snatching left and right in the store, everyone is shouting.	Mağazada kapışan kapışana, herkes bağırıyor.
crowd	kalabalık
wildly	çılgınca
The crowd had wildly snatched up the bargain shoes.	Kalabalık kelepir ayakkabıları çılgınca kapışmıştı.
In the street, people are running wildly everywhere.	Sokakta çılgınca koşan koşana.
The women in the aisle were pushing each other wildly.	Reyondaki kadınlar çılgınca itişiyordu.
to tug	çekiştirmek
At the sale, people are tugging at the clothes left and right.	İndirimde kıyafetleri çekiştiren çekiştirene.
The women snatched the bags and shoved each other.	Kadınlar çantaları kapıştı ve itişti.
to loot	yağmalamak
People are looting the shop left and right.	Dükkânı yağmalayan yağmalayana.
opportunist	fırsatçı
The opportunists had looted all the products.	Fırsatçılar bütün ürünleri yağmalamıştı.
The opportunists entered the store; inside, people are snatching left and right.	Fırsatçılar mağazaya girdi, içeride kapışan kapışana.
loot	ganimet
The opportunists had already shared this loot.	Fırsatçılar bu ganimeti zaten paylaşmıştı.
Everyone had found a loot; people are tugging at the bags left and right.	Herkes bir ganimet bulmuştu, poşetleri çekiştiren çekiştirene.
People are carrying the loot in the street left and right.	Sokakta ganimetleri taşıyan taşıyana.
doomsday	mahşer
The store is like a madhouse; people are shouting left and right.	Mağaza mahşer yeri gibi, bağıran bağırana.
to scatter (fleeing)	kaçışmak
The square was like a madhouse; people are fleeing in panic left and right.	Meydan mahşer yeri gibiydi, panikle kaçışan kaçışana.
The crowd had frantically scattered; however, there was no exit.	Kalabalık çılgınca kaçışmıştı, ne var ki çıkış yoktu.
The fire started; people are scattering left and right in the building.	Yangın başladı, binada kaçışan kaçışana.