Yurtdndaki

Yurtdndaki is a nonstandard Turkish spelling representing the phrase meaning “in the foreign country” or “abroad.” In standard Turkish, the equivalent is usually written as yurt dışındaki (two words) or as a fused form yurtdışındaki in some spellings. The term describes something located outside the speaker’s country and is used to refer to people, places, or things abroad.

Etymology: The word combines yurt (homeland, country) with dış (outside, foreign) and the locative suffix -ındaki, which marks location as “in/at the one mentioned.” The overall meaning is that of something situated in a foreign country. It functions as an adjective that modifies a following noun.

Usage: Commonly used with nouns to indicate location abroad. Examples include yurtdışındaki öğrenciler (students abroad), yurtdışındaki iş imkanları (job opportunities abroad), and yurtdışındaki vatandaşlar (foreign nationals). Turkish also uses yurt dışı or yurtdında to convey related meanings depending on syntactic context.

Spelling and style: As a nonstandard variant, yurtdndaki is generally avoided in formal writing. In formal Turkish you should use yurt dışındaki or yurtdışındaki with correct spacing and diacritics, depending on the sentence structure.

See also: yurt dışı, yurtdışı, yurtdışında. These terms are related to the concept of abroad and foreign countries in Turkish.