Kapasiteye göre koltukları yalnızca ön sıraya koyuyorlar.

According to the capacity, they place seats only in the front row.

Breakdown of Kapasiteye göre koltukları yalnızca ön sıraya koyuyorlar.

• göre: according to
• -ya: to
• -ye: to
• -lar: plural

Questions & Answers about Kapasiteye göre koltukları yalnızca ön sıraya koyuyorlar.

What does the phrase kapasiteye göre mean, and what’s going on grammatically?

It means according to (the) capacity / depending on capacity. Göre is a postposition that requires the dative case on the word before it, so you add -(y)e/a:

• bana göre = in my opinion
• kurallara göre = according to the rules
• geçen yıla göre = compared to last year

Why is there a y in kapasiteye?

It’s a buffer letter. When a word ending in a vowel takes a suffix starting with a vowel, Turkish inserts y to avoid a vowel clash:

• kapasite + e → kapasiteye
• araba + a → arabaya
• anne + e → anneye

What does the final -ı in koltukları do here?

It marks the object as definite accusative: koltukları = the seats (as a specific, known set).
Without it, koltuklar would be indefinite: They are placing seats (some seats).

Could koltukları also mean “their seats”?