No. 982 in Turkish
gerekçesiyle
"With the justification of" or "on the grounds of."
In a sentence
Toplantıya geç kalındı gerekçesiyle özür diledi.
He apologized for being late to the meeting.
The word 'gerekçesiyle' is used here to mean 'with the reason of' or 'on the grounds of' to connect an action (apologizing) with its reason (being late to the meeting).
Projede yapılan değişiklikler, kaynak yetersizliği gerekçesiyle savunuldu.
The changes made to the project were defended on the grounds of insufficient resources.
In this sentence, 'gerekçesiyle' indicates the reasoning or justification for defending the changes, which is the lack of resources.
Eylemi kanunlara aykırı olduğu gerekçesiyle yasaklandı.
The activity was banned on the grounds that it was against the law.
Here, 'gerekçesiyle' serves to attribute the cause (being against the law) for the action taken (banning the activity).
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