Tarafından is a word mostly used in passive voice sentences. Its meaning corresponds to that of by in English.
Tarafından is used together with nouns like this.
| The kids were abandoned by their mothers. | Çocuklar anneleri tarafından terkedildi. |
| The president was killed by the terrorists. | Başkan teröristler tarafından öldürüldü. |
When used together with pronouns, the pronoun receives a genitive case suffix, and tarafından needs to be conjugated
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| First person | ben-im tarafımdan | biz-im tarafımızdan |
| Second person | sen-in tarafından | siz-in tarafınızdan |
| Third person | o-nun tarafından | onlar-ın tarafından |
