Bölgede

Bölgede is the locative form of the Turkish noun bölge, meaning region. It marks a location inside a specific geographic area and is used to refer to something that occurs or exists within that area. The form is created by adding the locative suffix -de to bölge; due to vowel harmony, the suffix appears as -de, yielding bölgede. The plural locative is bölgelerde.

In usage, bölgede typically introduces conditions, events, or entities contained within a region. Examples include sentences such as "Bölgede yağış bekleniyor" (Rain is expected in the region) and "Bölgede yaşayanlar tarım politikalarını etkiliyor" (The residents in the region influence agricultural policies). It is commonly found in geographic, administrative, and news writing when discussing regional circumstances, resources, or developments.

Bölgede interacts with related forms such as bölge (region) and bölgesel (regional). Other inflected forms include bölgeler (regions) and bölgelerde (in the regions), which extend the same locative meaning to plural contexts. The term is used across formal and informal Turkish to specify location within a defined geographic area, without implying national scope.

See also: Bölge, Bölgesel, Bölgeler, Lokatif case, Turkish grammar.