This is the 17071st most frequent Turkish word.
çevirmişti
"Çevirmişti" means "had turned" or "had translated" in English, depending on the context.
In this context, 'çevirmişti' means 'he/she had turned', implying the act of turning over the pages of the book in the past.
Eski kitabı dikkatlice çevirerek okumuştu, çünkü birkaç sayfa yırtılmış ve tamir edilmişti.
He had carefully turned the old book while reading, as several pages were torn and repaired.
Here, 'çevirmişti' means 'he/she had resorted', as in reverting or switching back to a previously used method.
Sorun çıkarsa, eski yönteme çevirmişti, çünkü daha güvenilir olduğunu düşünüyordu.
If a problem arose, he had resorted to the old method, as he thought it was more reliable.
In this sentence, 'çevirmişti' translates to 'had turned', describing the physical action of turning the mirror's orientation.