No. 1,589 in Turkish
olduktan
"Olduktan" means "after becoming" or "after it happened."
In a sentence
Üniversiteden mezun olduktan sonra hemen iş buldu.
After graduating from university, he/she immediately found a job.
The word 'olduktan' is used to indicate the time frame after an event, translated as 'after [something happens]'.
Akşam yemeğini yedikten sonra sinemaya gittik.
After finishing dinner, we went to the cinema.
Here it specifies the subsequent action following completing an activity, emphasizing the sequence.
Ankara’ya vardıklarından sonra hava karardı.
After they arrived in Ankara, it got dark.
'Olduktan' in a similar construct shows actions directly following an initial occurrence, aiding in narrative progression.
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