sevk

Sevk is a Turkish noun referring to the act of dispatching, forwarding, or shipping goods, people, or information from one place to another. It is closely tied to logistics, administration, and transportation, where the focus is on moving items from a warehouse or origin point to a destination.

In modern usage, sevk often appears in phrases tied to practical processes. Mal sevki denotes the shipment of goods, while sevk emri can refer to an order to initiate the dispatch. Documents related to the process may include a sevk fişi or other shipping records used to track transfers and ensure accountability. The term encompasses various modes of transport, including road, rail, sea, and air, depending on the context.

Historically, sevk has also appeared in Ottoman and early Turkish administrative language to describe the movement or deployment of resources, including personnel or military units, as part of broader organizational operations. In this sense, sevk carried a connotation beyond commercial shipping, extending to planned mobilization and deployment.

Sevk is distinct from related concepts such as logistics, which covers planning and optimization, and transport, which focuses on the physical movement itself. In everyday use, it remains a concise way to refer to the act of sending or forwarding items within supply chains, government procedures, or organizational workflows.

See also: logistics, shipment, dispatch, forwarding.