Şubat toplantısı erkene alındı, ama ben yine de kalın kabanımı çıkarmadım.

Because toplantısı is a possessed noun form. In Turkish, when one noun describes another in a relationship like February meeting, Turkish often uses a noun compound:

• Şubat = February
• toplantı = meeting
• Şubat toplantısı = the February meeting

The ending -sı is the 3rd person possessive suffix, which commonly appears in this type of compound. A literal way to think of it is something like the meeting of February.

This pattern is very common:

• yaz tatili = summer vacation
• okul kapısı = school door
• şehir merkezi = city center

So Şubat toplantısı is the natural Turkish way to say the February meeting.

Erken means early.
Erkene is erken + -e, where -e is the dative case.

In this sentence, erkene almak is a common expression meaning:

• to move something to an earlier time
• to bring something forward

So:

• toplantıyı erkene almak = to move the meeting earlier

The -e here gives the sense of to an earlier point/time.

Compare:

• geceye almak = move to the evening
• haftaya almak = move to next week
• öne almak = move forward / prioritize

Yes. It comes from almak, which usually means to take, but in Turkish it is also used in many idiomatic ways.

Here, erkene almak means to reschedule to an earlier time.

So:

• alındı = was taken
• but in context: was moved, was brought forward

The form alındı is:

• al- = verb root
• -ın / -in = passive marker here as part of alın-
• -dı = past tense

So erkene alındı literally means was taken to earlier, but naturally it means was moved earlier.

Turkish often uses the passive when English might also use a passive or when the agent is unimportant.

• Şubat toplantısı erkene alındı = The February meeting was moved earlier

The sentence does not say who moved it, because that detail is not important here.

If you wanted an active sentence, you could say:

• Yönetim Şubat toplantısını erkene aldı.
• The management moved the February meeting earlier.

So the passive helps keep the focus on the meeting, not on the person or group who changed the schedule.

Because ama means but, and it connects two clauses:

• Şubat toplantısı erkene alındı
• ben yine de kalın kabanımı çıkarmadım

In Turkish, it is very common to separate such clauses with a comma, especially in writing. It works much like English punctuation before but.

Yine de means still, even so, nevertheless, or all the same.

It shows contrast with what came before.

Here the logic is:

• The meeting was moved earlier.
• Even so / nevertheless, I didn’t take off my thick coat.

So yine de signals: despite that change, my action stayed the same.

Common examples:

• Hava soğuktu, yine de dışarı çıktık.
  • The weather was cold, but we went out anyway.
• Yorgundum, yine de çalıştım.
  • I was tired, but I still worked.

Because it contains two endings:

• kaban = coat
• kabanım = my coat
• kabanımı = my coat (as a definite direct object)

Breakdown:

• kaban = coat
• -ım = my
• -ı = accusative case

So kalın kabanımı çıkarmadım means I didn’t take off my thick coat.

This is very common in Turkish:

• kitabım = my book
• kitabımı = my book (object)
• arabam = my car
• arabamı = my car (object)

Because kabanımı is a specific, definite object: my thick coat.

In Turkish, direct objects often take the accusative when they are definite/specific.

Here the speaker is talking about one particular coat: my coat. That makes it definite, so the accusative is expected.

Compare:

• Kaban çıkarmadım. = I didn’t take off a coat / any coat.
• Kabanımı çıkarmadım. = I didn’t take off my coat.

Since my coat is clearly specific, -ı is used.

Because çıkmak and çıkarmak are different verbs.

• çıkmak = to go out, to come out, to leave
• çıkarmak = to take out, remove, take off

So:

• çıkmadım = I didn’t go out / I didn’t come out
• çıkarmadım = I didn’t remove / I didn’t take off

With clothing, Turkish uses çıkarmak:

• ceketimi çıkardım = I took off my jacket
• ayakkabılarımı çıkardım = I took off my shoes

So kabanımı çıkarmadım is exactly what you want for I didn’t take off my coat.

It breaks down like this:

• çıkar- = remove / take off
• -ma- = negation
• -dı- = past tense
• -ım = I

So:

• çıkar-madı-m = I did not take off

This is a very useful pattern:

• gelmedim = I didn’t come
• yapmadım = I didn’t do
• giymedim = I didn’t wear
• çıkarmadım = I didn’t take off

Yes, Turkish often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows the subject.

• çıkarmadım already means I didn’t take off

So ben is not strictly necessary for grammar. It is included for emphasis or contrast.

Here it helps create a contrast:

• The meeting was moved earlier, but I still didn’t take off my coat.

So ben adds a sense like:

• but I, for my part...
• but I still...

Because adjectives normally come before the noun in Turkish, just like in English.

• kalın = thick
• kaban = coat
• kalın kaban = thick coat

Then the possessive and case endings go on the noun:

• kalın kabanım = my thick coat
• kalın kabanımı = my thick coat (object)

So the order is very natural:

• adjective + noun + endings

The sentence is fairly natural and standard, but Turkish word order is flexible.

Current order:

• Şubat toplantısı erkene alındı, ama ben yine de kalın kabanımı çıkarmadım.

This puts the focus neatly on the sequence of events: first the meeting change, then the speaker’s reaction.

You could move some parts around for emphasis, for example:

• Şubat toplantısı erkene alındı, ama yine de ben kalın kabanımı çıkarmadım.
• Ama ben, Şubat toplantısı erkene alındı diye, yine de kalın kabanımı çıkarmadım.

But the original sentence sounds natural and clear.

Kaban usually refers to a coat, often a fairly substantial outer coat. In this sentence, because it is modified by kalın (thick), it clearly suggests a heavy coat or thick overcoat.

So depending on the translation, you might say:

• coat
• thick coat
• heavy coat
• overcoat

All of those can fit, depending on style and context.

It suggests a contrast between schedule and weather/comfort.

Even though the February meeting was moved earlier, the speaker still felt it was cold enough to keep wearing the coat. So the sentence implies something like:

• the earlier time did not make enough difference,
• or the speaker was still cold,
• or the speaker was being cautious.

That is why ama and yine de are important: they express contrast and persistence.