bölündü

Bölündü is a Turkish verb form meaning “was divided” or “has been divided.” It is the past tense of the passive verb bölünmek (to be divided), used when the division is the main event and the agent performing it is not specified.

In Turkish, bölünmek expresses a state resulting from division, and bölündü places that state in the past. The subject of a sentence with bölündü is the thing that was divided, and the division is presented as a completed action. The form is common in geographical, political, legal, and administrative contexts, but can be used for any situation in which something is split into parts, sections, or units. The agent can be omitted or understood from context.

Examples include:

- Toprak ikiye bölündü. (The land was divided into two parts.)

- Kurum üç ana birime bölündü. (The institution was divided into three main units.)

- Siyaset örgütü içerde bölündü. (The political organization was divided within.)

Related forms include bölünmek (to be divided), bölündüleş, and the past participle bölünmüş (divided). The verb shares Turkish’s typical passive and tense-marking patterns, with vowel harmony affecting related suffixes. Bölündü is often contrasted with active equivalents such as bölüştü (was shared) when describing distribution as an action carried out by an agent. Overall, bölündü is a concise way to report a division outcome in past narrative or analysis.