This is the 10040th most frequent Turkish word.
bakıp
"Bakıp" means "looking" or "having looked."
In this sentence, 'bakıp' is utilized as a gerund, indicating that the action of looking preceded the action of telling a story.
Kitaptaki resimlere bakıp bir hikaye anlattı.
She looked at the pictures in the book and told a story.
Here, 'bakıp' implies that the act of looking out the window was performed as a preliminary activity before checking the rain status.
Pencereden dışarı bakıp yağmurun durup durmadığını kontrol etti.
He looked out the window and checked whether the rain had stopped.
The word 'bakıp' serves to connect two actions, with the initial one being the act of looking back or reviewing.