durdurdu

Durdurdu is a Turkish verb form meaning “he/she/it stopped” or “caused to stop.” It is the past tense of the causative verb durdur-, which itself comes from the intransitive verb dur- meaning “to stop.” The causative suffix dur- adds the sense of causing an action, and the past tense suffix -du (with vowel harmony as -du, -di, -du, or -dü) marks the temporal reference, resulting in durdurdu for the third-person singular past tense.

Usage and examples: Durdurdu is used when the subject causes something else to stop. It commonly describes actions affecting a vehicle, a process, or an ongoing activity. Examples include: Sürücü arabayı durdurdu. (The driver stopped the car.) Şirket üretimi durdurdu. (The company halted production.) Polis sürücüyü durdurdu. (The police stopped the driver.) In contrast, the simple past durdu is used when the subject itself stops, without implying a causative action on another object.

Notes: Durdurdu is specifically the causative past form; to express that something stopped by itself, Turkish typically uses durdu. The form is widely attested in Turkish language use, including speech, journalism, and literature, where actions are described as having been caused to halt. It is not a widely used term outside Turkish semantics and does not denote a proper noun or entity in standard usage. See also: durmak, durdurmak.