No. 338 in Turkish
sebebiyle
"Because of" or "due to."
In a sentence
Yağmur sebebiyle dışarı çıkamadık.
We couldn't go outside due to the rain.
Here, 'sebebiyle' is used to indicate the reason for not going outside, associated with 'rain' (yağmur).
Geç kalmamız sebebiyle toplantıyı kaçırdık.
We missed the meeting because we were late.
In this sentence, 'sebebiyle' denotes the cause of missing the meeting, which is 'being late' (geç kalmamız).
Arabanın arızası sebebiyle planlarımızı değiştirmek zorunda kaldık.
We had to change our plans due to the car malfunction.
Here, 'sebebiyle' explains that the 'car malfunction' (arabanın arızası) is the reason for changing plans.
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