Bu kadar güzel baklavayı görünce bir lokma almadan edemiyorum.

Bu kadar literally means this much / this degree. With güzel, it gives the sense of so beautiful or this beautiful.

So Bu kadar güzel baklava means baklava that is this beautiful / such beautiful baklava. It is a bit more vivid than just çok güzel (very beautiful).

The ending -yı is the accusative case, marking a specific direct object.

• baklavayı = the/specific baklava
• baklava = baklava in a more indefinite or general sense

Here, the speaker is talking about the particular baklava they see, so baklavayı is natural.

Görünce comes from the verb görmek (to see) plus the converb suffix -ince/-ınca/-ünce/-unca.

So:

• gör- = verb stem
• -ünce = when / once / upon doing

Because of vowel harmony, it becomes görünce.

It means when I see, when one sees, or upon seeing, depending on context.

Not by itself. Görünce does not strongly fix the tense in English terms. It usually means when/once seeing and gets its time reference from the main verb.

In this sentence, the main verb is edemiyorum (I can’t... / I’m unable to...), so the whole sentence feels present or habitual:

• When I see such beautiful baklava, I can’t help...

If the main verb were past, the time would also feel past.

Normally, the subject of a -ince/-ınca clause is understood to be the same as the subject of the main verb, unless Turkish clearly says otherwise.

So here, the person who sees the baklava is also the person who can’t help taking a bite: I.

Bir lokma literally means one morsel.

In natural English, it often corresponds to:

• a bite
• a small bite
• a mouthful

Here it does not have to mean the exact number one in a strict mathematical sense. Bir often works like a/an with singular nouns.

This is a very common Turkish pattern:

-madan / -meden edememek

It means:

• cannot help doing
• cannot refrain from doing
• cannot resist doing

Breakdown:

• almak = to take
• almadan = without taking
• edemiyorum = I cannot do/manage

But together, almadan edemiyorum is best understood as one idiomatic unit:

• I can’t help taking
• I can’t resist taking

So bir lokma almadan edemiyorum means I can’t help taking a bite.

Because this is an idiomatic construction, not ordinary logical double negation.

• almadan = without taking
• edemiyorum = I can’t do/manage

The idea is: I am unable to leave it at not taking a bite.

So the real meaning becomes:

• I end up taking a bite
• I can’t help taking a bite

This is a pattern you should learn as a chunk: -madan edememek.

Because -madan edememek is a fixed expression in Turkish.

You should think of it as a set phrase meaning:

• cannot help doing
• cannot resist doing

Even though etmek often means to do, here it is part of the idiom. Replacing it with yapmak would not sound natural in the same way.

Turkish often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows the subject.

In edemiyorum, the ending tells us it is first person singular:

• -um / -im / -ım / -üm type ending = I

So ben is unnecessary unless the speaker wants extra emphasis.

Turkish usually puts the main verb at the end, and that is exactly what happens here.

The sentence is organized like this:

• Bu kadar güzel baklavayı görünce = background/time clause: when I see such beautiful baklava
• bir lokma = object phrase: a bite
• almadan edemiyorum = main verbal expression: I can’t help taking

So the sentence builds up to the main idea at the end, which is very typical in Turkish.

Yes, Turkish word order is flexible, but changes usually affect emphasis rather than basic meaning.

This version sounds natural and neutral. If you move things around, the sentence may sound more dramatic, poetic, or contrastive.

For a learner, the original order is a very good model to follow.

Yes, you could say çok güzel, but the nuance is slightly different.

• çok güzel = very beautiful
• bu kadar güzel = this/so beautiful, to this degree

Bu kadar güzel feels more expressive and often fits a situation where the speaker is reacting to something right in front of them.

Yes, Bu kadar güzel baklavayı gördüğümde... is possible.

But there is a small difference in feel:

• görünce is shorter, lighter, and very common in everyday Turkish
• gördüğümde is more of a noun-clause style, a bit heavier structurally

In this sentence, görünce sounds very natural.

With edemiyorum, it sounds like a present tendency or repeated reaction:

• Whenever I see such beautiful baklava, I can’t help taking a bite

If you wanted a one-time past event, you could say:

• Bu kadar güzel baklavayı görünce bir lokma almadan edemedim.

That would mean When I saw such beautiful baklava, I couldn’t help taking a bite.