yönetilirdi

Yönetilirdi is a Turkish verb form derived from yönetmek, meaning to govern or manage. It is the passive voice combined with the imperfect past aspect, used to describe a state or repeated action in the past in which governance was carried out by someone else. In English, it can be rendered as “was being governed” or “used to be governed,” with the exact nuance depending on context.

The form is used to discuss past situations where a region, institution, or entity was under governance by another party on a continuing or habitual basis. It often appears in historical, political, or descriptive texts to convey the sense of ongoing governance over time rather than a single, completed event.

Examples:

- Bir bölge, uzun yıllar merkezi otorite tarafından yönetilirdi. (A region was governed by the central authority for many years.)

- Bu ülke, savaşlar boyunca dış güçler tarafından yönetilirdi. (This country was governed by external powers during the wars.)

Negative and related forms show the same voice and aspect:

- yönetilmezdi means “was not being governed” or “wasn’t used to be governed.”

- yönetildi describes a simple past passive: “was governed.”

- yönetilir means present passive: “is governed” or “is being governed.”

Yönetilirdi, as a grammatical construct, is thus primarily useful for narrating ongoing or habitual past governance and is common in historical or analytic Turkish texts.