görülebilirken

Görülebilirken is a Turkish adverbial clause form used to express simultaneity, roughly translating as "while it can be seen" or "as it is visible." It is formed from görülebilir, the adjective meaning "able to be seen" or "visible" (the potential passive form of görmek), together with ken, a suffix that creates time-related subordinate clauses such as "when" or "while." The result is a time clause that describes an action occurring during the period when the subject is visible.

The construction is mainly used to set a background circumstance for another action, and it appears in descriptive or literary contexts. It is not a separate tense; instead, it functions as a temporal clause that accompanies a main clause. Because of its nuance and formal tone, it is more common in written Turkish than in everyday speech.

Examples:

Bir manzara görülebilirken, çevredeki köyler daha net görünüyordu.

Görülebilirken, yıldızlar gökyüzünde belirginleşti.

In practice, görülebilirken helps frame events as they are visible or discernible, emphasizing the state of perception during the described moment. Related forms include görülebilir (visible or able to be seen) and the general use of ken to form time-adverbial clauses in Turkish.