This is the 13051st most frequent Turkish word.
kapatılmıştı
"Had been closed."
Here, the term "kapatılmıştı" denotes a specific past moment when the stage had already been closed due to the stated cause, emphasizing past consequences.
Tiyatro sahnesi tamir için kapatılmıştı.
The theater stage was closed for repairs.
In this example, "kapatılmıştı" indicates that the closing of the library coincided with the renovation period, marking it as complete before the current point of narration.
Kütüphane renovasyon sırasında kapatılmıştı.
The library had been closed during the renovation.
In this sentence, "kapatılmıştı" is used in the past perfect tense to convey that the action of closing the factory was completed in the past and occurred long before the current reference time.