Learn Hardcore Turkish: Şirketin ve hastanenin yönetim ekipleri, çalışanlarla düzenli toplantılar yaparak hizmet kalitesini artırmaya çalışıyor. - The management teams of the company and the hospital are trying to improve service quality by holding regular meetings with their employees.

The suffix -in in both şirketin and hastanenin is used as a genitive marker to show possession. It indicates that what follows belongs to the company and the hospital respectively—in this case, their management teams.

How is the word çalışanlarla constructed and what does it mean?

Çalışan means “employee.” By adding the instrumental suffix -la (which becomes -larla in the plural), it means “with employees.” This construction shows that regular meetings are held together with the employees.

What role does the -arak suffix in yaparak play in the sentence?

The suffix -arak is attached to yapmak (“to do” or “to hold”) to form an adverbial participle, which means “by doing” or “by holding.” In this sentence, it explains the method—holding regular meetings—that the management teams use to try to increase service quality.

Can you explain the structure of hizmet kalitesini artırmaya çalışıyor?

Certainly. Hizmet kalitesi means “service quality,” where hizmet (“service”) qualifies kalite (“quality”). The accusative suffix -ni in kalitesini marks it as the object of the action. Then, artırmaya is the infinitive form of artırmak (“to increase”) with the -maya suffix, and çalışıyor is the present continuous form of çalışmak (“to try”). Together, the phrase means “is trying to increase service quality.”

Why does the sentence use a participial phrase with düzenli toplantılar yaparak?

The phrase düzenli toplantılar yaparak functions as an adverbial clause that details the manner in which the management teams are working. Düzenli toplantılar means “regular meetings” and yaparak (“by holding”) indicates that holding these meetings is the strategy they use to enhance service quality.

How does the word order and use of suffixes in Turkish differ from English in this sentence?

Turkish typically follows a subject–object–verb order and relies heavily on suffixes to express grammatical relationships such as possession and case. For example, şirketin ve hastanenin uses suffixes to indicate “of the company” and “of the hospital,” while hizmet kalitesini marks the object with an accusative suffix. In contrast, English uses separate words (like “of” or prepositions) to show these relationships and usually follows a subject–verb–object order. This makes the Turkish sentence structure feel quite different even though it conveys a similar meaning.