This is the 613th most frequent Turkish word.
enkaz
Debris or rubble, typically from a collapsed structure.
Here, 'enkaz' refers to the physical debris left after a destructive event, such as a building collapse.
Enkaz altında kalan insanları kurtarmak için ekipler çalışıyor.
Teams are working to rescue people trapped under the rubble.
In this sentence, 'enkaz' is used metaphorically to describe something that has been completely destroyed or ruined.
Savaş sonrası şehir, bir enkaza dönmüştü.
After the war, the city had turned into ruins.
'Enkaz' here figuratively represents the shattered remains of something once hoped for, used metaphorically to express emotional devastation.