This is the 12380th most frequent Turkish word.
hazırlıklara
"To the preparations."
In this sentence, 'hazırlıklara' is in the dative case (-a) meaning 'to preparations,' indicating the direction of involvement.
Tatilden önce hazırlıklara başladık.
We started the preparations before the vacation.
Here, 'hazırlıklara' points to preparations as the focus of attention, showing indirect object usage.
Etkinlik için hazırlıklara çok önem verilmelidir.
Preparations for the event should be given great importance.
In this example, 'hazırlıklara' denotes the preparations as the goal of continuation in a dative case usage.