The - mAk üzere´ gerundium is ;
1. preferred to use for formal and reported statements. And it can mean same as "için" [in order to, to , for ]
Cumhurbaşkanı Atina´ya gitmek üzere THY uçağına bindi. *
The president got on the THY airplane in order to go to Athens.
In the sentence above, - mek üzere is preferred since the statement is formal, it is a news report.
Cumhurbaşkanı Atina´ya gitmek için THY uçağına bindi. ---> This way is correct too. But it is not as formal as the first sentence.
2. for the purpose of …..
The action is performed for the purpose of a targeted action.
Let´s give an example ;
Türkçe öğrenmek üzere bir kursa yazıldılar.
They enrolled a course in order to [for the purpose] learn Turkish.
The purpose of their enrolling a course was to learn Turkish.
when we use ´için´ for the same sentence, it sounds simplier, more natural and an ordinary act that doesn´t stress the purpose of action as much as ´üzere´ does.
Türkçe öğrenmek için bir kursa yazıldılar.
They enrolled a course to [in order to] learn Turkish.
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3. If the aim [purpose] of an action is simple, unimportant, ordinary, informal than we just use "için".
Ekmek almak için bakkala gittim.
I went to the shop to get bread.
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4. In stories, authors use ´üzere´ more than we use in daily life.
Keloğlan prensesi görmek üzere saraya gitti.
Keloğlan went to the palace in order to [for the purpose] see the princess.
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5. in negative form it stresses the action will NOT happen again[anymore].
Evi bir daha gelmemek üzere terk etti.
He left home for good.
He left home aiming that he will not come back again.
He left home and he intends NOT to come back again.
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So, If you are still not sure which one to use, than my advice is Don´t take risk and just use ´için´, since ´üzere´ does not suit for all statements.
This is my understanding, may be someone else can explain better.
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