Kuzenim, “Yarın erkenden buluşalım,” diye davet gönderdi.

Kuzen means cousin. The ending -im is the 1st-person singular possessive suffix, so:

• kuzen = cousin
• kuzenim = my cousin

Turkish usually does not need a separate word for my if the possessive suffix is already there. So benim kuzenim also means my cousin, but benim is usually only added for emphasis or contrast.

In this sentence, kuzenim is the subject: my cousin sent the invitation.

The comma separates the subject from the direct quotation that follows. It works a bit like English punctuation in sentences with reported speech.

So the structure is roughly:

• Kuzenim, ... diye davet gönderdi.
• My cousin ... sent an invitation saying ...

In everyday writing, punctuation around quotations can vary a little, but this use is normal and helps make the sentence easier to read.

• yarın = tomorrow
• erken = early
• erkenden = early, early on, nice and early

So yarın erkenden means something like:

• tomorrow early
• early tomorrow
• tomorrow, nice and early

Using erkenden makes it sound a little more natural or a little more emphatic than plain erken.
Yarın erken buluşalım is also possible, but erkenden has a stronger sense of quite early / early on.

Buluşalım comes from buluşmak, which means to meet.

Here it has the 1st-person plural hortative/optative ending -alım / -elim, which gives the meaning let’s ...

So:

• buluşmak = to meet
• buluşalım = let’s meet

This form is used when the speaker is making a suggestion that includes themself and the other person or people.

Compare:

• buluşuyoruz = we are meeting / we meet
• buluşacağız = we will meet
• buluşalım = let’s meet

Because of vowel harmony.

The ending for this form is basically -alım / -elim, and Turkish chooses the vowel that matches the word. Since buluş- contains back vowels, the correct form is:

• buluşalım

not

• buluşelim

This is a very common pattern in Turkish, so it is worth getting used to early.

In this sentence, diye links the quoted words to the main verb. It often means something like:

• saying
• with the words
• to say

So:

• Yarın erkenden buluşalım diye davet gönderdi.
• He/she sent an invitation saying, Let’s meet early tomorrow.

A useful thing to remember is:

• dedi = said
• diye = saying / with the words / in order that

Here, diye is not the main verb. It is a connector introducing the content of the invitation.

Both are possible, but they are not exactly the same in focus.

• davet gönderdi = sent an invitation
• davet etti = invited

Davet gönderdi emphasizes the invitation as something that was sent—for example by message, email, app, or card.

Davet etti is more general and simply means invited.

So this sentence specifically presents the invitation as something transmitted or sent.

Gönderdi comes from göndermek, which means to send.

Breakdown:

• gönder- = send
• -di = past tense

So gönderdi means:

• he/she sent

Turkish often leaves out subject pronouns like o (he/she/it) because the subject is either clear from the verb or already stated separately. Here, the subject is already given as kuzenim.

Yes, this is a very normal pattern in Turkish.

A common structure is:

• [quoted or intended words] + diye + main verb

So:

• Yarın erkenden buluşalım diye davet gönderdi.

This literally feels like:

• He/she sent an invitation with the words Let’s meet early tomorrow.

Turkish usually puts the main verb near the end of the sentence, so gönderdi naturally comes last.

Yes. Buluşalım is a 1st-person plural form, so it means let’s meet and includes the speaker plus at least one other person.

In this sentence, the cousin is inviting someone to meet together with them. The exact person being addressed is not named in the sentence itself; Turkish often leaves that to the context.

So the sentence tells you:

• my cousin sent an invitation
• the invitation said let’s meet early tomorrow

but it does not explicitly say to me, to us, or to them inside this sentence alone.