gelitirilirken

Gelitirilirken is not a standard Turkish lexical item. In most sources it is treated as a misspelling or misreading of the legitimate form geliştirirken, which is the adverbial clause meaning “while it is being developed/improved.” The sequence resembles Turkish morphology, but gelitirilirken does not appear as a recognized form in authoritative grammar references; correct usage uses geliştir- plus the passive marker and the temporal conjunction -ken.

Formation and meaning

Geliştirmek means to develop or improve. The passive variant is geliştir- (root) plus the passive affix -il- to yield the participial stem geliştir- (to be developed). Adding -ken produces a converb meaning “while …,” so geliştirirken expresses simultaneous action in the present or general sense. The phrase is typically used to set background conditions for another action in the same sentence, and it occurs in formal or descriptive Turkish texts.

Usage and examples

Because gelitirilirken is not standard, examples are given with the correct form. For instance: Ürünün tasarım süreci geliştirilirken, testler sürüyordu. This sentence means “While the product’s design was being developed, tests were ongoing.” If one encounters gelitirilirken, it is usually advisable to correct it to geliştirilirken to avoid ambiguity or perceived error.

Note

Some writers may encounter gelitirilirken as a typographical error, a dialectal variation, or a mistranscription. The neutral recommendation is to use geliştirirken or geliştiririlirken depending on whether the intended sense is “while developing” (present activity) or “while being developed” (passive).

See also Turkish grammar, -ken, passive voice, gerunds.