kültürde

Kültürde is a Turkish locative form of the noun kültür (culture) that translates roughly as “in culture” or “within culture.” It is formed by adding the locative suffix -de to kültür, yielding kültürde. The phrase is used to situate statements, norms, practices, values, or artifacts within the cultural context being discussed, signaling that the point arises from that culture’s framework.

In usage, kültürde appears across academic, journalistic, and literary texts when describing cultural patterns as they exist inside a particular society rather than as universal phenomena. For example: Kültürde bu tür ritüeller önemli bir rol oynar. (In culture, such rituals play an important role.) Kültürdeki değerler zamanla değişebilir. (Cultural values within a culture can change over time.) The form can be complemented by possessive or descriptive modifiers, as in kültürdeki gelenekler (the traditions within culture) or kültürel bağlamda kültürdeki örnekler (examples within the cultural context).

Note that kültürde is not a separate concept or discipline; it is a grammatical form used to anchor statements to cultural context. It is distinct from kültür (culture) itself or from adjectives like kültürel (cultural). In scholarly writing, kültürde helps emphasize that certain behaviors, norms, or artifacts are rooted in and understood through a specific cultural setting.

See also: kültür, kültürel çalışmalar, antropoloji, sosyoloji, kültürel normlar.