Sonra
Sonra is a Turkish adverb meaning after or later. It is used to indicate sequence in time, marking what happens following a preceding event or moment. In Turkish, sonra can stand alone to connect clauses, much like the English word then, or it can form part of a larger noun phrase when used with the ablative suffix, as in okuldan sonra (after school).
In practice, sonra appears in several common patterns. It can link two clauses: “X oldu, sonra Y
Related forms include ardından and sonrasında, which more explicitly translate to afterward or subsequently and can
Etymologically, sonra is a native Turkish word with a long-standing presence in the language and its literature.