Learn Turkish: 'Uyku' diye bir şarkı keşfettiğimden beri sadece dinlendirici müzik dinliyorum. - Since I discovered a song called 'Uyku', I only listen to relaxing music.

In this context, diye acts as a labeling or naming marker, translating to "called" or "named." The structure [Name] diye bir [Noun] is the standard way to introduce something by its specific name in Turkish. Here, it connects the title Uyku to the general noun şarkı to mean "a song called 'Uyku'."

Why do we use keşfettiğimden beri instead of just keşfetmekten beri for "since I discovered"?

To say "since someone did something," you cannot just use the infinitive verb. You must use the -dik participle to show exactly who did the action. You add -dik to the verb root, followed by a possessive ending (-im for "my"), and then the ablative "from" ending (-den) before beri. It structurally translates to "since from my discovering."

There are a lot of consonant changes in keşfettiğimden. What is happening there?

The base verb is keşfetmek (to discover). When you add the -dik participle, the 'd' hardens to 't' to match the voiceless 't' at the end of the root, giving us keşfettik. Next, you add the possessive -im (my). Because a vowel is added, the 'k' softens to 'ğ'. Finally, you attach the ablative case -den, resulting in keşfettiğimden.

How is the word dinlendirici (relaxing) constructed?