No. 590 in Turkish
yüzünden
"Because of" or "due to."
In a sentence
Geç kaldım, çünkü trafikten dolayı, her şey yolların yoğunluğu yüzünden.
I'm late because of the traffic, everything was due to the road congestion.
In this sentence, 'yüzünden' is used to mean 'because of' and indicates a reason or cause for the statement.
Yağmur yüzünden piknik yapamadık.
We couldn't have a picnic because of the rain.
Here, 'yüzünden' denotes the condition that prevented the activity, specifically indicating cause.
Onun yanlış kararları yüzünden zor durumda kaldık.
We ended up in a tough situation due to his wrong decisions.
In this usage, 'yüzünden' explains the negative effect of someone's actions as a reason for an outcome.
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