Kahvaltıda kayısı reçeli yemeden edemiyorum.

Kahvaltı means breakfast, and -da is the locative suffix, which often means in, at, on depending on context.

So:

• kahvaltı = breakfast
• kahvaltıda = at breakfast / during breakfast

In this sentence, it tells you when the action happens: at breakfast time.

The suffix appears as -da because of vowel harmony and consonant harmony. After kahvaltı, the correct form is -da.

This is a very common Turkish structure called an indefinite noun compound.

• kayısı = apricot
• reçel = jam
• kayısı reçeli = apricot jam

In Turkish, when one noun describes another noun like this, the second noun usually takes the 3rd person possessive suffix:

• elma suyu = apple juice
• portakal suyu = orange juice
• kayısı reçeli = apricot jam

So even though English just puts two nouns together, Turkish usually marks the second one.

Because the object here is non-specific / generic.

In Turkish:

• specific definite direct objects usually take the accusative
• non-specific or general objects usually do not

So:

• kayısı reçeli yiyorum = I eat / I’m eating apricot jam
  → general, not a specifically identified jar or portion
• kayısı reçelini yiyorum = I’m eating the apricot jam
  → a particular apricot jam, specific/definite

In your sentence, the speaker means apricot jam in general, so kayısı reçeli without accusative is natural.

This is an idiomatic Turkish pattern meaning:

• I can’t help eating
• I can’t resist eating
• I can’t stop myself from eating

The pattern is:

Verb stem + -meden / -madan + et-/edememek

So:

• yemeden edemiyorum literally looks something like:
• without eating, I can’t do

But the real meaning is idiomatic:

• I can’t help eating

Other examples:

• Gülmeden edemedim. = I couldn’t help laughing.
• Bakmadan edemiyor. = He/She can’t help looking.

So this is a set expression worth learning as a chunk.

Yemeden comes from the verb yemek (to eat).

Breakdown:

• verb stem: ye-
• suffix: -meden = without doing

So:

• ye-
  • -meden → yemeden = without eating

This suffix appears as -meden or -madan depending on vowel harmony:

• gelmeden = without coming
• bakmadan = without looking
• yemeden = without eating

In this sentence, it is part of the idiom yemeden edememek.

This comes from the verb etmek (to do / to make), but in many forms it appears as ed- before vowel-initial endings or in certain common conjugations.

So you get forms like:

• ederim
• edemem
• ediyor
• edemiyorum

This is something learners usually just memorize as part of the verb’s behavior.

In your sentence:

• edemiyorum = I cannot do

And together with yemeden, it forms the idiom yemeden edemiyorum = I can’t help eating.

Here is the structure:

• ed- = do
• -e- / -eme- = inability / not be able to
• -iyor = present continuous
• -um = I

So:

• edemiyorum = I am not able to do

Inside the idiom, though, you should understand it as:

• I can’t help it
• I can’t resist

That is why the full sentence means I can’t help eating apricot jam at breakfast.

Not necessarily.

In Turkish, the present continuous can often be used not only for something happening right now, but also for:

• habits
• repeated behavior
• current tendencies

So edemiyorum here can mean something like:

• I can’t help eating apricot jam at breakfast
• I always end up eating apricot jam at breakfast
• I just can’t resist it at breakfast

It does not have to mean the person is literally eating it at this exact second.

Because Turkish usually does not need subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows the subject.

Here:

• edemiyor = he/she/it cannot
• edemiyorum = I cannot

The -um ending tells you the subject is I, so ben is unnecessary unless you want emphasis.

Compare:

• Yemeden edemiyorum. = I can’t help eating.
• Ben yemeden edemiyorum. = I can’t help eating.
  → stronger emphasis on I

The sentence follows a very normal Turkish pattern, with the verb at the end.

• Kahvaltıda = at breakfast
• kayısı reçeli = apricot jam
• yemeden edemiyorum = I can’t help eating

Turkish commonly puts:

1. time/place expressions first
2. object before the verb
3. the main verb at the end

So this word order is very natural.

You could rearrange parts for emphasis, but the given version is standard and smooth.

Yes, this expression normally appears in the negative ability form:

• edememek = not be able to do

That is exactly what creates the idiomatic meaning:

• gülmeden edememek = to be unable not to laugh = to be unable to help laughing
• bakmadan edememek = to be unable not to look = to be unable to resist looking

So although it contains a negative element, the overall meaning in English is often best translated with:

• can’t help ...
• can’t resist ...

You could try, but it would sound strange in English.

A very literal breakdown is something like:

• At breakfast, apricot jam, without eating, I cannot do

That is not how English expresses this idea. So it is much better to understand the Turkish as an idiomatic whole:

• I can’t help eating apricot jam at breakfast.
• I can’t resist eating apricot jam at breakfast.

For this structure, learning the meaning of the whole pattern is more useful than relying on a word-for-word translation.

It can express time/occasion as well as literal location.

In this sentence, kahvaltıda is best understood as:

• at breakfast
• during breakfast

So even though -da/-de is called the locative, in real Turkish it often marks the setting of an event, including a time-like setting such as a meal or occasion.

For example:

• Derste konuştum. = I spoke in class / during class
• Toplantıda gördüm. = I saw him/her at the meeting
• Kahvaltıda yerim. = I eat it at breakfast

So here it is more about the occasion than a physical place.