This is the 12080th most frequent Turkish word.
görülüyordu
"Was being seen"
In this sentence, 'görülüyordu' is used in the negative past continuous tense to indicate something was not observed.
Bu olay daha önce hiç görülmüyordu.
This event had never been seen before.
Here, 'görülüyordu' describes the passive past continuous observation or appearance of mist.
Dağların üzerinde bir sis tabakası görülüyordu.
A layer of mist was seen over the mountains.
'Görülüyordu' is used metaphorically to suggest an impression of attention transfer or observation in passive past continuous tense.