Kurulup

Kurulup is a Turkish verbal form used as an adverbial participle meaning “having been formed” or “having been established.” It marks that the action of the dependent verb is completed before the action of the main clause, and it is commonly used to link events in formal, narrative, or bureaucratic prose. The construction conveys a sense similar to English “having been X,” “upon being X,” or “after X was formed.”

Formation: The form is created by attaching the -up suffix to the stem kurul- (the verb sense related to forming or establishing). Turkish uses the -ip/-ıp/-up/-üp family of adverbial participles, with the exact vowel variant chosen according to vowel harmony. For this stem, kurulup is the typical form. Other verbs can produce different variants, but kurulup is a standard example of this construction.

Usage: Kurulup is typically placed before the main verb and linked without a conjunction in written style, to indicate a sequential background action. For example: Komite kurulup toplantıya başladı. This means, approximately, “The committee having been formed, the meeting began.” The construction is more common in formal writing and narrative prose than in everyday speech, where simpler past-tense sequences are often preferred.

See also: Turkish grammar, adverbial participles, participles.