Karar defteri bağımsız bölümlerle ilgili kararları içeriyor.

A word-by-word breakdown looks like this:

• karar = decision
• defteri = notebook/book/register of ...
• karar defteri = decision book / minute book / register of decisions
• bağımsız = independent
• bölümler = sections / units / parts
• bağımsız bölümlerle ilgili = related to the independent units/sections
• kararları = the decisions
• içeriyor = contains / is containing

So the structure is basically:

• Karar defteri = subject
• bağımsız bölümlerle ilgili kararları = object
• içeriyor = verb

Literal order: The decision register contains decisions related to independent units.

This is a very common Turkish noun-compound pattern.

karar defteri is an indefinite noun compound:

• first noun: karar
• second noun: defter
• the second noun takes the compound ending -(s)I → defteri

So:

• karar defteri = decision book / book of decisions

This pattern is extremely common in Turkish:

• öğrenci kartı = student card
• telefon numarası = telephone number
• toplantı odası = meeting room

You do not usually say kararın defteri unless you mean something like the notebook of the decision, which is not the normal meaning here.

Because in the compound karar defteri, the second noun takes the third-person possessive-like compound suffix:

• defter → defteri

This suffix is often taught as -(s)I, and it appears in noun compounds.

Here it does not mean literal possession like his/her book. It is just part of the standard compound structure:

• karar defteri = decision register
• iş merkezi = business center
• yemek masası = dining table

So defteri is not necessarily his/her notebook here. It is simply the normal compound form after karar.

This means related to the independent sections/units.

It is built like this:

• bağımsız bölümler = independent sections/units
• bağımsız bölümlerle = with the independent sections/units
• bağımsız bölümlerle ilgili = related to the independent sections/units

The key part is ilgili, which often means related or concerning and commonly appears with -le/-la:

• konuyla ilgili = related to the subject
• işle ilgili = related to work
• öğrencilerle ilgili = related to the students

So even though -le often means with, the whole phrase X ile ilgili is best understood as related to X.

Because ilgili normally takes a noun marked with ile or its attached form -le/-la.

So:

• bölümler = sections/units
• bölümler + ile = bölümler ile
• in normal speech and writing, this usually contracts to bölümlerle

Then:

• bölümlerle ilgili = related to the sections

This is a fixed and very common pattern. Turkish learners should get used to:

• -le ilgili = about / concerning / related to

Because it is the definite/specific direct object of the verb içeriyor.

In Turkish, a direct object often takes the accusative ending when it is definite or specific.

Here:

• kararlar = decisions
• kararları = the decisions / specific decisions

So:

• karar defteri kararlar içeriyor would sound more like contains decisions in a general, indefinite sense
• karar defteri kararları içeriyor means contains the/specific decisions

In this sentence, the object is specific: the decisions related to the independent units.

Because the sentence is talking about multiple decisions.

• karar = decision
• kararlar = decisions
• kararları = the decisions / specific decisions

So the phrase:

• bağımsız bölümlerle ilgili kararları

means:

• the decisions related to the independent units

If there were only one decision, you would expect something like kararı instead.

içeriyor is the present continuous form of içermek = to contain.

Formation:

• içer- = verb stem
• -iyor = present continuous

So literally it is something like is containing, but in Turkish this form is also very commonly used for general present meaning, not only actions happening right now.

That is why içeriyor here is naturally translated as:

• contains

not necessarily:

• is containing

Turkish often uses the -iyor form where English would simply use the present simple.

Yes, içerir is also possible in many contexts.

Difference in feeling:

• içeriyor = more common in everyday modern Turkish; can describe a current fact or general statement
• içerir = more formal, more neutral, sometimes more like a timeless or written/general truth

So:

• Karar defteri ... kararları içeriyor = very natural
• Karar defteri ... kararları içerir = also possible, slightly more formal or technical

Both can mean contains.

The basic Turkish order here is:

Subject + Object + Verb

• Karar defteri = subject
• bağımsız bölümlerle ilgili kararları = object
• içeriyor = verb

Turkish normally puts the verb at the end.

Also, modifiers come before the noun they modify:

• bağımsız bölümlerle ilgili modifies kararları

So Turkish builds the object as one long noun phrase before the verb:

• [bağımsız bölümlerle ilgili] [kararları]

Turkish does not have a direct equivalent of English the.

Definiteness is often shown by:

• context
• word order
• possessive/compound structures
• the accusative ending on direct objects

In this sentence:

• karar defteri can be understood as the decision register from context
• kararları is specific because of the accusative ending -ı

So Turkish does not need a separate word like the to express that meaning.

Literally, it means independent sections/units.

In everyday Turkish, especially in legal or property-related contexts, bağımsız bölüm often refers to an independent unit, such as:

• an apartment
• an office unit
• a separately owned part of a building

So depending on context, bağımsız bölümlerle ilgili kararlar could mean something like:

• decisions related to the independent units
• decisions concerning the separate units in a building

A learner may know the literal meaning independent sections, but in real-life usage it is often a technical property-management term.

Yes, effectively it is.

The phrase bağımsız bölümlerle ilgili describes which decisions we are talking about, so it functions like an adjective phrase modifying kararlar.

Compare in English:

• the decisions
• the decisions related to the independent units

In Turkish, this descriptive phrase comes before the noun:

• bağımsız bölümlerle ilgili kararlar

So even though ilgili is not a simple adjective in the same way as büyük or küçük, the whole phrase behaves adjectivally in the sentence.