Söz hakkı olmadan tartışmaya katılmak zor olur.

It is difficult to participate in a discussion without the right to speak.

Breakdown of Söz hakkı olmadan tartışmaya katılmak zor olur.

• olmak: to be
• zor: difficult
• tartışma: the discussion
• -ya: to
• -madan: without
• söz hakkı: the right to speak
• katılmak: to participate

Questions & Answers about Söz hakkı olmadan tartışmaya katılmak zor olur.

Can you break down söz hakkı into its components and explain why söz has no suffix but hakkı ends in -ı?

• söz = “word/speech” (first noun in a compound stays bare)
• hak = “right” + -ı = 3rd-person singular possessive suffix (“his/her/its right”)
  → söz hakkı literally “speech’s right,” idiomatically “the right to speak.”

What function does -madan in olmadan serve, and how is it formed?

olmadan is the negative converb (verbal adverb) of olmak (“to be/have”), formed as:
• ol- (root “be/have”)
• -ma- (negative marker)
• -dan (converb ending)
Together ol-ma-dan = “without being/having,” introducing an adverbial “without …” clause.

Why is the phrase tartışmaya katılmak in the dative case -ya, not locative or another case?

The verb katılmak (“to join/participate in”) governs the dative case. In Turkish you “join to” something, so tartışma takes -ya:
tartışmaya katılmak = “to join the discussion.”

Can you explain the form katılmak? Why does it include -ıl-?

katılmak comes from the base katmak (“to add”) + passive/“intransitivizer” suffix -ıl- + infinitive -mak. Although originally a passive meaning “to be added,” it’s lexicalized as “to join/participate.” Vowel harmony turns kat+ıl+mak into katılmak.

How does zor olur work in this sentence? Why isn’t there an -sa conditional suffix?

The -madan clause already provides the condition (“without X”). Turkish often omits an explicit -sa (“if”) when “without X” implies “if you don’t have X.” So you simply state the result:
zor olur = “it becomes/is difficult.”

Why is it zor olur instead of zor olurdu or zordu?

• zor olur = general/future‐oriented statement (“it would be difficult” or “it’s difficult in such cases”).
• zor olurdu adds a more remote or counterfactual conditional nuance.
• zordu refers to a past difficulty.
  Here a neutral, general sense uses zor olur.

Could you use a different word for “without” instead of olmadan?

Yes. A more formal alternative is olmaksızın (“without”), so you could say:
Söz hakkı olmaksızın tartışmaya katılmak zor olur.
In everyday speech, olmadan is more common.

Is it possible to reword the sentence with different word order?

Absolutely. Turkish allows flexible word order for emphasis:
• Tartışmaya söz hakkı olmadan katılmak zor olur.
• Tartışmaya katılmak, söz hakkı olmadan zor olur.
The core meaning stays the same; fronting a phrase changes the focus.