Learn Hardcore Turkish: Tüm departmanlar yeni protokol gerekliliklerine tam uyum sağlamalı. - All departments must fully comply with the new protocol requirements.

The suffix -malı (or -meli after front vowels) is the necessity/obligation marker in Turkish. When you attach it to the verb root sağla- it turns sağlamak into sağlamalı, expressing that something must or should be done. Here it means that the departments have to fully comply.

What case is used in gerekliliklerine and why?

gerekliliklerine is in the dative case. Morphologically it breaks down as:

gereklilik (requirement) + -ler (plural) → gereklilikler (requirements)
gereklilikler
- -i (definite) → gereklilikleri (the requirements)
gereklilikleri
- -ne (dative) → gerekliliklerine (to the requirements)
  In Turkish, the verb phrase uyum sağlamak, meaning to comply, takes the dative to mark what you comply with. The -i signals that these are specific requirements (the ones of the new protocol).

Why doesn’t protokol have a genitive suffix before gerekliliklerine?

In Turkish many technical or loan-word compounds simply stack nouns without a genitive marker. Here yeni protokol gereklilikleri functions as a compound meaning new protocol requirements. You could also say yeni protokolün gereklilikleri, but omitting the genitive is common in formal and technical contexts.

What is the difference between tüm and bütün when meaning all?

Both tüm and bütün can mean all or entire. tüm is slightly more formal and often found in written or business contexts. bütün is more colloquial and can stand alone in phrases like bütün gün (the whole day). In this sentence tüm departmanlar is a typical formal choice.

Why is the verb sağlamalı placed at the end of the sentence?

Turkish follows a subject–object–verb (SOV) word order. The finite verb (with all its suffixes) usually appears last. So in Tüm departmanlar yeni protokol gerekliliklerine tam uyum sağlamalı, you see sağlamalı right at the end.

Why doesn’t tüm departmanlar carry a case suffix (such as -ı)?

Because tüm departmanlar is the subject in this sentence and Turkish subjects typically remain in the nominative case without suffixes. The accusative suffix -ı only marks definite direct objects, not subjects.

Why does the sentence use tam uyum sağlamak instead of tamamen uymak?

tam uyum sağlamak is a set phrase in formal Turkish meaning to ensure full compliance. The verb phrase uyum sağlamak, meaning to align with or comply with, is preferred in business or legal contexts over the more general verb uymak. Pairing it with tam uyum emphasizes complete alignment. While tamamen uymak is grammatically fine, it’s less idiomatic in this register.