ütköz

ütköz is a Turkish noun meaning collision, clash, or confrontation. It denotes the moment or event of contact when two or more bodies come together with force, as in a vehicle collision or the contact between moving parts in a mechanism. It also has figurative uses to refer to a clash of ideas, interests, or cultures, or to political or organizational confrontations.

In technical contexts, ütköz can describe the contact between parts in engineering, material testing, or safety analyses, and it can apply to traffic accidents in general language use. Metaphorically, it describes conflicts where competing goals or values collide, such as policy debates or cultural encounters.

Origin and usage: It is a native Turkish word; it belongs to everyday Turkish vocabulary and is widely understood by Turkish speakers. While not borrowed from another language, it forms part of the broader family of terms related to contact, collision, and conflict in Turkish.

See also: çarpışma, karşılaşma, çatışma.