Use gerçekleştirmek to say who carries out a project, conducts an experiment or makes a dream come true. You will distinguish the action from the event that takes place.
The idea
Gerçekleştirmek is transitive: the subject brings something about, and a definite object takes the accusative, as in projeyi gerçekleştirmek. It often occurs with plans, projects and organised events; hayalini gerçekleştirmek means to make your dream come true. Keep the stem gerçekleştir- in gerçekleştiriyorum and gerçekleştirdim. In gerçekleştireceğim, the future ending’s k becomes ğ before the first-person ending; the stem itself does not change.
| Use (first person singular) | Form |
|---|---|
| In progress · I | gerçekleştiriyorum |
| Habitual · I | gerçekleştiririm |
| Past · I | gerçekleştirdim |
| Future · I | gerçekleştireceğim |
| Past negative · I | gerçekleştirmedim |
| Ability · I | gerçekleştirebilirim |
| Past inability · I | gerçekleştiremedim |
| Present question · I | gerçekleştiriyor muyum? |
Examples
- Ekibimiz projeyi sonunda gerçekleştirdi.Our team finally carried out the project.
- Bu deneyi yarın gerçekleştireceğiz.We will carry out this experiment tomorrow.
- Dernek her yıl iki etkinlik gerçekleştirir.The association holds two events every year.
- Bu hayali birlikte gerçekleştirebiliriz.We can make this dream come true together.
- Bu ay planımızı gerçekleştiremedik.We were unable to carry out our plan this month.
- Toplantıyı çevrim içi gerçekleştirdiniz mi?Did you hold the meeting online?
- Deney dün gerçekleşti.The experiment took place yesterday.
- Gönüllüler deneyi dün gerçekleştirdi.The volunteers carried out the experiment yesterday.
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Watch out
In Deney gerçekleşti, the experiment is what took place. In Gönüllüler deneyi gerçekleştirdi, the volunteers carried it out: the subject changes and deney becomes deneyi. Do not use gerçekleştirmek for suddenly understanding something; that sense of English “realise” usually needs fark etmek or anlamak.
Try it yourself
Complete with the affirmative past of gerçekleştirmek: Biz dün planı ___.
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gerçekleştirdik
gerçekleştirdik: dün places the action in the past, and biz requires the plural ending -k. The team carried out the plan, so the longer transitive stem is needed.
Use the affirmative future of gerçekleştirmek: Ben yarın bu hayali ___.
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gerçekleştireceğim
gerçekleştireceğim: ben calls for the first-person singular. The future -ecek meets -im, so its final consonant softens to ğ; gerçekleştirecekim is not the form.
Choose gerçekleşti or gerçekleştirdi: Toplantı dün ___.
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gerçekleşti
gerçekleşti: the meeting is the event that took place. No organiser is the subject here, so the form meaning “carried something out” does not fit.
Put bu proje in the accusative: Ekip ___ gerçekleştirdi.
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bu projeyi
bu projeyi: the demonstrative identifies a specific project. The accusative therefore belongs on proje, and y separates its final vowel from -i; bu stays unchanged.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete with the affirmative past of gerçekleştirmek: Biz dün planı ___.
Use the affirmative future of gerçekleştirmek: Ben yarın bu hayali ___.
Choose gerçekleşti or gerçekleştirdi: Toplantı dün ___.
Put bu proje in the accusative: Ekip ___ gerçekleştirdi.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe a small project in three sentences: what your group carried out, what it could not carry out, and what you will carry out next. Then describe one event with gerçekleşmek, making the event the subject.