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When reading public service announcements or official letters in Turkish, you will often encounter a highly formal way to state that an action has definitively occurred.

### The Formal Perfect Aspect

To declare that something has officially happened and is now in a completed state, Turkish pairs the perfective suffix (**-mış / -miş / -muş / -müş**) with the auxiliary verb **bulunmak**. While *bulunmak* literally means "to be found," here it means "to be in the state of having done."

**Verb + -mış / -miş / -muş / -müş + bulunmak**

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The auxiliary verb *bulunmak* takes standard tense and person endings, typically appearing in the present continuous (*bulunuyoruz*).

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### Passive Voice in Official Notices

Because this structure is characteristic of institutional announcements, the main verb is frequently in the passive voice. In written notices, the auxiliary verb usually takes the formal suffix **-dır / -dir / -dur / -dür** (**bulunmaktadır**) to state a definitive fact.

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### Declaring Outcomes and Status Changes

You will frequently see this aspect used to announce the outcome of an application, the completion of public works, or an official change in a schedule.

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### Requesting Understanding

Notices about temporary closures, delays, or infrastructure works often conclude by politely asking the public for their cooperation and understanding.

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Formal perfect aspect (-mIş bulunmak)

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
esteemed / respected (worthy of respect)	saygıdeğer
to announce	duyurmak
(auxiliary) to be in the state of having done	bulunmak
Esteemed citizens, we have hereby announced the new project.	Saygıdeğer vatandaşlar, yeni projeyi duyurmuş bulunuyoruz.
directorate	müdürlük
As the directorate, we want to announce this decision.	Müdürlük olarak bu kararı duyurmak istiyoruz.
temporary	geçici
work / operation (action of working, functioning)	çalışma
Our temporary works have definitively finished.	Geçici çalışmalarımız bitmiş bulunmaktadır.
to be resolved / to be fixed (eliminated, remedied)	giderilmek
The infrastructure malfunction has definitively been completely resolved.	Altyapı arızası tamamen giderilmiş bulunmaktadır.
All technical problems have officially been resolved.	Bütün teknik sorunlar giderilmiş bulunmaktadır.
to be closed	kapatılmak
The avenue has officially been temporarily closed by the directorate.	Cadde, müdürlük tarafından geçici olarak kapatılmış bulunmaktadır.
We will send you a message when the road is going to be closed.	Yol kapatılacağı zaman size mesaj göndereceğiz.
to be concluded	sonuçlanmak
Your applications have definitively been concluded positively.	Başvurularınız olumlu sonuçlanmış bulunmaktadır.
Esteemed customers, the process has officially been concluded successfully.	Saygıdeğer müşterilerimiz, süreç başarıyla sonuçlanmış bulunmaktadır.
to be postponed	ertelenmek
Because the works were delayed, the concert has definitively been postponed.	Çalışmalar geciktiğinden dolayı konser ertelenmiş bulunmaktadır.
The postponement of the festival has definitively saddened us all.	Festivalin ertelenmesi hepimizi üzmüş bulunmaktadır.
The concert has officially been postponed; furthermore, we will send your ticket money.	Konser ertelenmiş bulunmaktadır, ayrıca bilet paranızı göndereceğiz.
understanding (noun)	anlayış
Please let's show understanding and obey the rules.	Lütfen anlayış gösterelim ve kurallara uyalım.
Your showing understanding is important for us.	Anlayış göstermeniz bizim için önemlidir.