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turning point

 
 
noun [C]

Translation

a time when an important change begins to happen
dönüm noktası
This event marked a turning point in the country's history.2013
(Definition of turning point noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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