This is the 2204th most frequent Turkish word.
sokakta
"On the street."
Here, 'sokakta' indicates the location where the children are playing, which is 'on the street'.
Çocuklar sokakta oyun oynuyor.
Children are playing games on the street.
In this sentence, 'sokakta' specifies the place where the action of seeing occurred, i.e., 'on the street'.
Arkadaşlarımı sokakta gördüm.
I saw my friends on the street.
Here, 'sokakta' describes the location where the vendors were present, meaning 'on the street'.