Belirlenir

Belirlenir is a Turkish verb form that expresses the passive voice in the present tense, equivalent to “is determined” or “is specified” in English. It is derived from the verb root belir-, which means to determine or to define, combined with the passive participle suffix -len and the present tense suffix -ir. The result is a neutral, impersonal construction commonly used in formal or technical language.

In use, belirlenir is employed to describe procedures, rules, standards, or phenomena without naming a specific agent responsible for the action. It conveys that something is defined or decided by a process, authority, or set of criteria, rather than by a particular person. This makes it suitable for official documents, guidelines, specifications, and analytic explanations where the actor is unknown or intentionally omitted.

Examples of typical contexts include policy statements, technical specifications, and academic writing. For instance, “Kriterler belirlenir” means “The criteria are determined,” and “Giriş koşulları belirlenir” means “The entry conditions are specified.” The form can be contrasted with related verb forms such as belirlendi (past passive: “was determined”) or belirlemek (active infinitive: “to determine”).

Related derivatives include belirlilik (certainty or determinacy as a noun), belirleyici (determinative or defining, used as an adjective or noun), and belirlenecek (future passive). Overall, belirlenir functions as a concise, neutral way to attribute determination to a process or set of rules in Turkish text.