Görüleri

Görüleri is a Turkish noun that refers to appearances, visions, or perceptions associated with someone or something. It is the possessive plural form of the base noun görü, which denotes what is seen or perceived. In practice, görüleri can mean the appearances, percepts, or alleys of perception that belong to a person, group, or subject.

Morphology and usage notes: The normal, widely used plural form to express general appearances or visions is görüler. Görüleri, however, is used when the appearances or perceptual phenomena are explicitly linked to a subject through possessive grammar, as in “their appearances” or “the appearances of X.” The term tends to occur more in literary, philosophical, or historical contexts rather than in everyday speech.

Relationship to related terms: Görüleri is related to other Turkish terms dealing with perception and appearances, such as gör- (to see) and the nouns görü, görüntü (image, appearance), and görüş (opinion, view). It is distinct from görg, which can refer to manners or propriety, and from görüşler, which more commonly means opinions or viewpoints in general.

Context and register: Because görüleri is relatively formal and infrequent in modern everyday Turkish, it is most likely to appear in literary texts, academic writing, or discussions about perception, aesthetics, or epistemology. In everyday language, speakers are more likely to use görüler or görüşler depending on the intended meaning.

See also: görü, görünü, görütü, görsel, görüşler, görünüm.