No. 2,477 in Turkish
korumaya
"To protect" or "to preserve" (in the dative case, meaning "to protection/preserving").
In a sentence
Çocukları tehlikelerden korumaya çalışıyor.
He is trying to protect the children from dangers.
In this sentence, 'korumaya' is used as a verb in its infinitive form indicating the action of protecting aimed at a target.
Doğayı korumaya yönelik projeler başlatıldı.
Projects aimed at protecting nature have been initiated.
Here, 'korumaya' is positioned to describe the purpose of the projects as protecting.
Ona yardım ederek onu korumaya katkıda bulundum.
I contributed to protecting him by helping him.
In this context, 'korumaya' expresses the action of protection as an ongoing supportive measure.
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