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Operasyon için mühimmat askerlere taşıtıldı.

Operasyon için mühimmat askerlere taşıtıldı.
For the operation, the soldiers were made to carry the ammunition.
From Lesson 212:Double causative-passive (-tırıl)·Turkish

Breakdown of Operasyon için mühimmat askerlere taşıtıldı.

taşımak
to carry
için
for
asker
soldier
operasyon
operation
mühimmat
ammunition

Questions & Answers about Operasyon için mühimmat askerlere taşıtıldı.

How do the suffixes in taşıtıldı give us the meaning "were made to carry"?
It combines the causative and passive suffixes. The root is taşı- (carry). Adding the causative -t makes taşıt- (make someone carry). Then, adding the passive -ıl makes taşıtıl- (to be made to carry). Finally, -dı is the past tense.
Why is askerlere (to the soldiers) in the dative case here?
In Turkish causative sentences, the person who is made to do the action gets the dative case (-e/-a) if the main verb already has a direct object. Since the soldiers are being assigned an object (mühimmat) to carry, they take the dative suffix -lere.
If the ammunition is being carried, why doesn't mühimmat have an accusative ending?
Because the final verb form is passive (-ıl). In a passive sentence, the thing receiving the action (the ammunition) becomes the grammatical subject. Therefore, mühimmat stays in its plain form instead of taking the accusative -ı.
What is the difference between taşıtıldı and taşındı?
Taşındı is just the passive form (was carried). If the sentence used taşındı, it would mean the ammunition was carried to the soldiers. By adding the causative -t to make taşıtıldı, it means the soldiers themselves were the ones made to carry the ammunition.

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