In Turkish (I am a native speaker) word order, or more correctly the order of the constituents of a sentence (because, e.g., postpositions still have to follow their complements) is more or less free. The neutral order is SOV and other orderings are mainly used to emphasize an element. Generally, the element that immediately precedes the verb is emphasized:

Ali dün okula gitti. (Ali went to school yesterday.)
Dün okula Ali gitti. (It was Ali who went to school yesterday.)
Ali okula dün gitti. (It was yesterday that Ali went to school.)

Please not that in spoken Turkish, stress alone can be used for emphasis with any word order.

Non verb-final orderings are also possible and frequent in colloquial and poetic language. Within the latter, even constituents of phrases can be broken apart and moved around. So, word order can also be a stylistic device.

In Turkish (I am a native speaker) word order, or more correctly the order of the constituents of a sentence (because, e.g., postpositions still have to follow their complements) is more or less free. The neutral order is SOV and other orderings are mainly used to emphasize an element. Generally, the element that immediately precedes the verb is emphasized. (Ali = a Turkish first name; dün = yesterday; okula = to (the) school (dative of "okul"); gitti = went (3rd person singular, past tense))

Ali dün okula gitti. (Ali went to school yesterday.)
Dün okula Ali gitti. (It was Ali who went to school yesterday.)
Ali okula dün gitti. (It was yesterday that Ali went to school.)

Please note that in spoken Turkish, stress alone can be used for emphasis with any word order.

Non verb-final orderings are also possible and frequent in colloquial and poetic language. Within the latter, even constituents of phrases can be broken apart and moved around. So, word order can also be a stylistic device.

In Turkish (I am a native speaker) word order, or more correctly the order of the constituents of a sentence (because, e.g., postpositions still have to follow their complements) is more or less free. The neutral order is SOV and other orderings are mainly used to emphasize an element. Generally, the element that immediately precedes the verb is emphasized:

Ali dün okula gitti. (Ali went to school yesterday.)
Dün okula Ali gitti. (It was Ali who went to school yesterday.)
Ali okula dün gitti. (It was yesterday that Ali went to school.)

In Turkish (I am a native speaker) word order, or more correctly the order of the constituents of a sentence (because, e.g., postpositions still have to follow their complements) is more or less free. The neutral order is SOV and other orderings are mainly used to emphasize an element. Generally, the element that immediately precedes the verb is emphasized:

Ali dün okula gitti. (Ali went to school yesterday.)
Dün okula Ali gitti. (It was Ali who went to school yesterday.)
Ali okula dün gitti. (It was yesterday that Ali went to school.)

Please not that in spoken Turkish, stress alone can be used for emphasis with any word order.

Non verb-final orderings are also possible and frequent in colloquial and poetic language. Within the latter, even constituents of phrases can be broken apart and moved around. So, word order can also be a stylistic device.