Rüçhan hakkı başvuru tarihini koruyor, değil mi?

Turkish normally puts the verb at the end of the sentence, so the basic pattern here is:

• Rüçhan hakkı = subject
• başvuru tarihini = object
• koruyor = verb

So this is a very normal Turkish sentence structure: Subject + Object + Verb.

English prefers Subject + Verb + Object, but Turkish usually does not.

Because başvuru tarihini is the direct object of the verb koruyor, and it is a specific/definite object.

Here is the breakdown:

• başvuru = application
• tarih = date
• başvuru tarihi = application date
• başvuru tarihini = the application date, as a definite object

The -ni part appears because this noun phrase is both:

1. a possessed noun form: tarihi = its date / the date of the application
2. in the accusative case: tarihini

So the ending is not just a simple accusative stuck onto tarih; it comes after the possessed form.

This is a very common Turkish noun compound.

• başvuru = application
• tarih = date
• başvuru tarihi = application date

In Turkish, this kind of structure often works as a compound where the second noun takes a 3rd person possessive ending:

• tarih → tarihi

So literally, it is something like the date of the application.

This is why later, when you add the accusative, you get:

• başvuru tarihini

This pattern is extremely common in Turkish:

• otobüs durağı = bus stop
• kimlik numarası = identity number
• başvuru tarihi = application date

The ending -yor is the Turkish present continuous marker.

• korumak = to protect / preserve / keep
• koru-yor = is protecting / is preserving / keeps

In many contexts, Turkish uses -yor not only for actions happening right now, but also for:

• current states
• ongoing processes
• things that are effectively true at present

So koruyor can sound natural even if the meaning in English is closer to preserves or keeps rather than strictly is protecting right now.

Because the sentence is making a positive statement in the present continuous/currently valid form.

• koruyor = is protecting / preserves
• korumuyor = is not protecting / does not preserve
• korur = protects / will protect / tends to protect, depending on context

Here, koruyor fits the idea of something that is currently in effect or valid.
If you used korur, it would sound more like a general rule or habitual statement. Sometimes that could also work in Turkish, but koruyor is very natural in modern usage for legal, procedural, or practical effects.

değil mi? turns the sentence into a tag question, like:

• right?
• isn’t it?
• doesn’t it?

So the speaker is basically saying the statement and then asking for confirmation.

In this sentence, it works like:

• Rüçhan hakkı başvuru tarihini koruyor, değil mi?
• The speaker expects agreement or confirmation.

A useful thing to remember: Turkish often uses değil mi? as a general tag question, even when English would choose different auxiliary verbs like isn’t it?, doesn’t it?, aren’t they?, etc.

Not necessarily. Its function is often more important than its literal form.

Depending on context, değil mi? can correspond to:

• right?
• isn’t it?
• don’t they?
• doesn’t it?
• aren’t you?

Turkish does not usually change the tag question to match the verb the way English does. English says:

• It works, doesn’t it?
• They came, didn’t they?
• You are ready, aren’t you?

Turkish can often use değil mi? for all of these kinds of confirmation tags.

Yes. Rüçhan hakkı is another noun compound.

• rüçhan = priority, preference, pre-emption
• hak = right
• hakkı = right (with the compound/possessive form)

So rüçhan hakkı is a fixed legal/business expression meaning a kind of priority right or pre-emption right.

Just like başvuru tarihi, the second noun takes the compound ending:

• hak → hakkı

That doubling of k to kk is a normal spelling result in Turkish because of how the word changes in this form.

This happens because of two things:

1. the noun enters a compound structure
2. Turkish spelling reflects a consonant change

The base word is:

• hak = right

In the compound form, it becomes:

• hakkı

The final consonant changes when the suffix is added, and Turkish spelling shows this as kk.

This is not unique to this word, but hak → hakkı is a very common form you will see often.

Turkish often allows subjects to be omitted if they are clear from context. But in this sentence, Rüçhan hakkı is useful because it tells you exactly what preserves the application date.

If the context already made that clear, a speaker might say simply:

• Başvuru tarihini koruyor, değil mi?

But without context, that would be less clear than the full sentence.

So yes, Turkish can drop subjects, but here keeping the subject is natural and helpful.

A rough guide is:

• rüçhan ≈ rüch-han

A few details:

• ü is like the German ü or the French u in tu
• ç is pronounced like ch in church
• h is clearly pronounced
• stress in Turkish is often toward the end, but compound and borrowed words can vary a bit in natural speech

If ü is unfamiliar, that is probably the hardest part for an English speaker.

It sounds somewhat formal or technical, mainly because of the phrase rüçhan hakkı. That expression belongs especially to legal, commercial, or procedural language.

However, the structure of the sentence itself is completely normal conversational Turkish, especially with değil mi? at the end, which makes it sound like someone checking understanding or asking for confirmation.

So you can think of it as:

• technical vocabulary
• inside a normal Turkish sentence pattern

Yes, that is possible, but it changes the feel slightly.

• koruyor sounds more like a current, active, presently valid effect
• korur sounds more like a general rule, principle, or habitual fact

In legal or procedural contexts, both kinds of wording can be possible depending on what exactly the speaker wants to emphasize.

Very roughly:

• koruyor = it preserves it / it is preserving it
• korur = it preserves it as a rule / it does preserve it

So your version is not wrong, but koruyor sounds very natural for discussing what the rule or right is doing in practice right now.