This is the 4403rd most frequent Turkish word.
aklıma
"Aklıma" means "to my mind" or "comes to my mind."
'Aklıma' is used here to indicate that the idea or memory of old friends appeared or was recalled spontaneously in my mind.
Bugün eski dostlarım aklıma geldi.
Today, my old friends came to my mind.
'Aklıma' functions to express that the thought of an interesting idea was creatively inspired and then recalled to mind during the activity.
Bu soruyu çözerken aklıma ilginç bir fikir geldi.
While solving this question, an interesting idea came to my mind.
'Aklıma' indicates that this realization or vision of a scenario was made conceptually apparent within my mental understanding, symbolically conveyed by the bird.