Şirket müdürü bugün toplantıda yeni planı açıklıyor.

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Breakdown of Şirket müdürü bugün toplantıda yeni planı açıklıyor.

• yeni: new
• plan: the plan
• toplantı: the meeting

Questions & Answers about Şirket müdürü bugün toplantıda yeni planı açıklıyor.

Why is it müdürü and not just müdür?

Because şirket müdürü is a Turkish noun compound meaning company manager or the manager of the company.

In this kind of structure:

• the first noun stays bare: şirket = company
• the second noun takes a special suffix: müdür + -ü → müdürü

So müdürü here is not an object ending. It is a compound/possessive-style ending that is required in this structure.

Compare:

• şirket müdürü = company manager
• okul müdürü = school principal
• bölüm başkanı = department head

So this is a very common Turkish pattern.

Why doesn’t şirket take any ending? Why not şirketin müdürü?

Both are possible, but they are slightly different structures.

• şirket müdürü = the company manager / company director
  This is the more general compound form.
• şirketin müdürü = the manager of the company
  This sounds more explicitly possessive and specific.

A learner should get used to the fact that Turkish often uses the bare first noun + suffixed second noun pattern where English uses X manager, school bus, car door, etc.

So in this sentence, şirket müdürü is completely natural.

Why is toplantıda used?