Unutuluyor

Unutuluyor is a Turkish verb form that translates into English as “is being forgotten.” It is the present continuous tense of the verb “unutmak,” which means “to forget.” In this construction, the suffix –iyor marks the continuous aspect, while –u attaches to the stem to indicate an ongoing process. The full morphological breakdown is un- (to) + ut (the root for “forget”) + u (continuous suffix) + yor (indicative of ongoing action). Hence the phrase literally conveys an action in progress: the subject is in the process of being forgotten by someone else.

The term appears in contemporary Turkish media, literature and popular music. For example, a 2017 episode of the long-running soap opera “Kurtuluş” uses “unutuluyor” to describe a character’s fading memory of a childhood event. In 2019 the record label Doğuş Records released a single titled “Unutuluyor,” a melancholic ballad about the erosion of shared memories after a breakup. The word is also frequently cited in academic studies of memory and identity, where researchers discuss how collective amnesia is expressed linguistically in the phrase “unutuluyor.”

In everyday speech, “unutuluyor” can carry a tone of resentment or sadness, especially when used in contexts where a person feels marginalized or overlooked. Its counterpart “unutmak” is more general, whereas “unutuluyor” often emphasizes the sense that the forgetting is being imposed on someone. The expression appears in poetry, such as in the early 2000s works of Turkish poet Sevdiye Cubbey, where it underscores the theme of disappearing cultural heritage.

For further study, consult the Turkish Language Association, which provides grammatical explanations and usage examples. The TDK Turkish dictionary lists “unutmak” with its participles, including “unutuluyor,” and offers contextual quotes from newspapers and literary texts. Researchers can also access corpus data from the Turkish National Corpus to see frequency and collocation patterns of the form in contemporary usage.