Learn Turkish: Düşman karargâhı aniden imha ettirildi. - The enemy headquarters was suddenly ordered to be destroyed.

Let's break it down! We start with the helper verb etmek in imha etmek (to destroy). First, we add the causative suffix -tir to make imha ettirmek (to have [something] destroyed). Then, we add the passive suffix -il to make imha ettirilmek (to be caused or ordered to be destroyed). Finally, the past tense -di gives us imha ettirildi.

The English translation says 'ordered to be destroyed', but there is no separate verb for 'ordered' here. Why?

In Turkish, the idea of ordering, forcing, or having someone else do something is handled entirely by the causative suffix. By changing edildi (was destroyed) to ettirildi (was caused to be destroyed), it naturally implies that someone in charge gave an order for the destruction to happen.

Why does karargâh have an -ı at the end?

It is the compound noun suffix! When you combine two nouns like düşman (enemy) and karargâh (headquarters) to make a general concept like 'enemy headquarters', the second word must take a possessive suffix. Since it ends in a consonant, it takes -ı to become düşman karargâhı.

Does the word aniden contain the 'from' suffix (-den)?