No. 264 in Turkish
yaşadığı
"That he/she/it lives" or "that he/she/it experienced."
In a sentence
Ahmet yıllardır bu şehirde yaşadığı için burayı çok iyi biliyor.
Ahmet knows this place very well because he has lived in this city for years.
In this sentence, "yaşadığı" is derived from the verb "yaşamak" (to live) and functions as a participle phrase meaning "he/she/it has lived" or "where he/she/it has lived" depending on its usage.
Savaş sonrası yaşadığı travma uzun süre etkisini gösterdi.
The trauma he experienced after the war had an effect for a long time.
Here, "yaşadığı" is from "yaşamak" and refers to "what he/she/it experienced or went through," indicating a past event.
Onun yaşadığı zorlukları anlamaya çalışıyorum.
I am trying to understand the hardships he went through.
In this case, "yaşadığı" implies "the hardships that he/she/it experienced," creating an attributive clause.
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