"Eski müdür yaşlıydı."

Translation: The former director was old.

[TobiasKliem]

The best explanation I saw somewhere is to think of the opposites: the opposite of eski is "new", the opposite of yaşlı is "young".

[AneurinEE]

I thought the difference betwen eski and yaşlı was that eski was for things and yaşlı was for people, so how can the müdür here be both eski AND yaşlı?

[LiliumAgri]

Not old as in age, but old as in "former."

[AneurinEE]

Ah! Makes sense.

[dashraf2000]

What does the buffer letter (y) in ( yaşlıydı) do here?
It is between (ı) and (d), How come?

[carolin_o]

Is there another word that would be translated as "elderly" or could I use yasli for elderly as well?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

it is both :)