çevrilir

Çevrilir is a Turkish verb form that means “is translated” or more generally “is turned/converted” in the passive voice. It is the third-person singular present simple passive of the verb çevirmek, which can mean to translate, to convert, or to turn. In Turkish, the passive is built with the suffix -il and the present tense suffix -ir, -er, or -ar depending on vowel harmony, so çevrilir literally conveys a neutral, agentless statement such as “it is translated” or “it is turned.” The corresponding infinitive is çevrilmek (to be translated / to be turned).

Usage of çevrilir is common in descriptive or instructional contexts where the agent performing the action is unknown or unimportant. It can refer to texts being translated into another language as well as to broader processes of transformation or conversion. For example: Metin İngilizce'ye çevrilir. (The text is translated into English.) Bu belge başka dillere çevrilir. (This document is translated into other languages.)

Related forms include active çevirmek (to translate/convert) and the noun çeviri (translation). The related passive-noun form çevrilme can denote the act or instance of being translated. Other conjugations of çevirmek appear as past tense çevrildi (it was translated), future çevrilecek (it will be translated), and present continuous çevriliyor (it is being translated). Çevrilir thus sits within Turkish’s system of voice, tense, and aspect, serving as a concise, general statement about translation or transformation without specifying an agent.