Ben parkta çiçeklerin fotoğrafını çekiyorum.

That’s right: in Turkish, subject pronouns are often omitted because the verb ending already shows the person.

• çekiyorum = I am taking / I am photographing
• so Ben parkta çiçeklerin fotoğrafını çekiyorum and Parkta çiçeklerin fotoğrafını çekiyorum both work

Including ben can add:

• emphasis: I am the one doing it
• clarity in context
• a more explicit subject, especially for learners or contrast

So ben is grammatically optional here.

Parkta means in the park or at the park.

It is made from:

• park = park
• -DA = locative suffix, meaning in / at / on

So you might expect parkda, but Turkish changes d to t after certain voiceless consonants. Since park ends in k, the suffix becomes -ta.

So:

• evde = in the house
• okulda = at school
• parkta = in the park

This is a normal sound change in Turkish.

It can mean either, depending on context.

The Turkish locative suffix -da / -de / -ta / -te covers meanings that English often divides into:

• in
• at
• sometimes on

So parkta could be translated as:

• in the park
• at the park

In this sentence, in the park is probably the most natural English translation.

Çiçeklerin is:

• çiçek = flower
• çiçekler = flowers
• çiçeklerin = of the flowers / the flowers’

The ending -in here is the genitive suffix, which often corresponds to English of or apostrophe-s.

So:

• çiçeğin fotoğrafı = the photo of the flower
• çiçeklerin fotoğrafı = the photo of the flowers

This is part of a very common Turkish structure where one noun belongs to or is connected with another noun.

Because Turkish usually uses a genitive + possessed noun structure for meanings like the photo of the flowers.

Here is the pattern:

• çiçekler-in = of the flowers
• fotoğraf-ı = its/their photo

Together:

• çiçeklerin fotoğrafı = the photo of the flowers

This is a standard Turkish noun phrase pattern. The first noun gets the genitive, and the second noun gets a possessive suffix.

So Turkish marks the relationship on both nouns:

• possessor: çiçeklerin
• possessed thing: fotoğrafı

Fotoğrafını has several parts:

• fotoğraf = photo
• -ı = 3rd person possessive suffix
  → fotoğrafı = its photo / their photo / the photo of it/them
• -nı = accusative after a possessive form
  → fotoğrafını = the photo of it/them as a definite direct object

So in this sentence:

• çiçeklerin fotoğrafı = the photo of the flowers
• çiçeklerin fotoğrafını çekiyorum = I am taking the photo of the flowers

The -n- is a buffer consonant used before the accusative suffix after a possessed noun.

Because it is the definite direct object of the verb.

The verb is çekiyorum and what is being taken is:

• çiçeklerin fotoğrafını = the photo of the flowers

In Turkish, a specific/definite direct object usually takes the accusative.

Compare:

• fotoğraf çekiyorum = I am taking a photo / photos
• fotoğrafını çekiyorum = I am taking the/its photo

In this sentence, the photo is a specific one: the photo of the flowers.

Yes, çekmek has several meanings, including to pull, but it is also used in the expression:

• fotoğraf çekmek = to take a photo

This is just a normal Turkish expression, much like English says take a photo rather than make a photo.

So:

• fotoğraf çekiyorum = I’m taking a photo
• çiçeklerin fotoğrafını çekiyorum = I’m taking a photo of the flowers

It is one of the most common ways to express photographing something.

Yes, you could.

• çiçekleri fotoğraflıyorum = I am photographing the flowers
• çiçeklerin fotoğrafını çekiyorum = I am taking a photo of the flowers

Both are correct. The second one is often very natural in everyday Turkish. The first uses the verb fotoğraflamak = to photograph.

The difference is mostly stylistic:

• fotoğrafını çekmek = very common everyday phrasing
• fotoğraflamak = also correct, sometimes a bit more direct or formal depending on context

Çekiyorum can be broken down like this:

• çek- = verb root
• -iyor = present continuous suffix, roughly am/is/are doing
• -um = I

So:

• çekiyorum = I am taking / I am pulling / I am shooting, depending on context

In this sentence, it means:

• I am taking a photo

The -iyor form is the standard present continuous form in Turkish.

Because Turkish is normally an SOV language:

• Subject – Object – Verb

So this sentence is:

• Ben = subject
• parkta = location
• çiçeklerin fotoğrafını = object
• çekiyorum = verb

That gives:

• Ben parkta çiçeklerin fotoğrafını çekiyorum.

Putting the verb at the end is the most neutral and standard order in Turkish.

Yes, Turkish word order is flexible, although the verb usually stays at or near the end.

For example, these are possible:

• Ben parkta çiçeklerin fotoğrafını çekiyorum.
• Parkta ben çiçeklerin fotoğrafını çekiyorum.
• Çiçeklerin fotoğrafını parkta çekiyorum.

The differences are mainly about focus or emphasis, not basic meaning.

The most neutral version is the original one.

Turkish usually shows definiteness through structure and case, not with a separate word like English the.

Here, definiteness is shown by:

• the genitive-possessive structure: çiçeklerin fotoğrafı
• the accusative marking: fotoğrafını

So even without an article, the phrase clearly means something like:

• the photo of the flowers

Turkish often relies on suffixes where English uses articles.

Then çiçeklerin would become çiçeğin:

• çiçeğin fotoğrafını çekiyorum = I am taking a photo of the flower

Compare:

• çiçeğin = of the flower
• çiçeklerin = of the flowers

So the plural is shown by -ler in çiçekler before the genitive ending.

Two letters here often catch learners’ attention:

• ç in çiçeklerin and çekiyorum
  Pronounced like ch in chair

• ğ in fotoğrafını
  This letter, called yumuşak g, usually is not pronounced like a hard g in modern standard Turkish. It often:

  • lengthens the previous vowel, or
  • creates a slight glide, depending on the word

So fotoğrafını is not pronounced with a strong g sound like English go.

A rough learner-friendly pronunciation might be:

• Ben parkta chi-chek-le-rin foto-raa-fuh-nuh cheh-kee-yo-rum

That is only approximate, but it helps show the sounds.