Breakdown of Plan yapmayan şirket, pazarlaması kötü olduğundan dolayı iflas etti.
kötü
bad
yapmak
to do / to make
olmak
to be
şirket
company
plan
plan
dolayı
due to, because of
iflas etmek
to go bankrupt
pazarlama
marketing
Questions & Answers about Plan yapmayan şirket, pazarlaması kötü olduğundan dolayı iflas etti.
How exactly does olduğundan dolayı translate to "because it was"?
This is the causal structure you are learning. It uses the verb olmak (to be). We add the participle suffix -dık (which becomes -duğ here), then the 3rd person possessive -u (referring to the marketing), a buffer -n-, and the ablative suffix -dan (from). The word dolayı means "due to". Literally, it translates to "due to its being bad".
Could I drop dolayı and just say olduğundan?
Yes, you can. The ablative suffix -dan attached to a -dık word is enough to mean "because" or "since" on its own. Adding dolayı just gives a bit more emphasis, similar to saying "due to the fact that" instead of just "because". Both are perfectly natural.
Why does this sentence use yapmayan instead of yapmadığı for "that did not make"?
We use the -(y)an relative clause suffix because the noun being described (şirket, the company) is the subject of the action; the company is the one not making a plan. You would use a -dık word like yapmadığı if the noun was the object, such as in "the plan that the company didn't make".
What is the purpose of the -sı on pazarlaması?
It is the 3rd person possessive suffix, meaning "its". The root word is pazarlama (marketing). By adding -sı, the sentence specifies "its marketing" (the company's marketing). This connects the bad marketing directly back to the company.
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