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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

Question	Answer
treaty, pact	antlaşma
on the part of, by [Lit.] from the side of	tarafından
to void, to annul, to abolish	feshetmek
to be voided, to be annulled, to be abolished	feshedilmek
The treaty was voided by you.	Antlaşma sizin tarafınızdan feshedildi.
to be abandoned, to be left, to be deserted	terkedilmek
The kids were abandoned by their mothers.	Çocuklar anneleri tarafından terkedildi.
to be written	yazılmak
The letter in your hand was written by me.	Elinizdeki mektup benim tarafımdan yazıldı.
to be hanged	asılmak
Kamil was hanged by you.	Kamil senin tarafından asıldı.
to destroy, annihilate, wipe off [Lit.] to make non-existent	yok etmek
to be destroyed, to be annihilated, to be wiped off	yok edilmek
Your kingdom will be destroyed by us.	Krallığınız bizim tarafımızdan yok edilecek.
terrorist	terörist
to be killed	öldürülmek
The president was killed by the terrorists.	Başkan teröristler tarafından öldürüldü.

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Learn Turkish Lesson 123: How to use "tarafından"