No. 10 in Turkish
tarafından
"Tarafından" means "by" (used to indicate the agent in passive voice).
In a sentence
Bu kitap Ahmet tarafından yazıldı.
This book was written by Ahmet.
'Tarafından' is used to indicate the doer (agent) of the action that is being carried out on the subject in a passive sentence.
Problemler, uzmanlar tarafından analiz edildi.
The problems were analyzed by experts.
'Tarafından' specifies the entity (in this case, a group of experts) performing the action in a passive-voiced sentence.
Çocuklar bu proje tarafından destekleniyor.
The children are supported by this project.
Here, 'tarafından' identifies the means or agent (the project) that provides support.
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