Memur hanım, başvuru formunu doldurup kimlik kartımı getirmemi istedi.

Memur means officer, clerk, official, and hanım is a polite word meaning lady / Mrs. / ma’am depending on context.

Together, memur hanım means something like the lady clerk or the female officer.

In Turkish, words like hanım and bey can be used with another noun to sound polite or to identify someone respectfully:

• öğretmen hanım = the female teacher / ma’am teacher
• doktor bey = the male doctor / Mr. Doctor

So memur hanım is a respectful way to refer to a female clerk or official.

In standard Turkish, that comma would usually not be necessary if memur hanım is the subject.

A more neutral version would be:

Memur hanım başvuru formunu doldurup kimlik kartımı getirmemi istedi.

The comma may reflect:

• a pause in speech,
• topical emphasis,
• or simply non-standard punctuation.

So as a learner, it is safest to understand memur hanım as the subject, and to expect the sentence more commonly without the comma.

Because başvuru formunu is a definite direct object.

Breakdown:

• başvuru formu = application form
• başvuru formu-nu = the application form

The ending -(y)ı / -i / -u / -ü is the accusative case, used when the object is specific or definite.

Here, the clerk is not asking for just any form in general; she means a specific form: the application form.

Compare:

• Başvuru formu doldurdum. = I filled out an application form. / I did application-form filling.
• Başvuru formunu doldurdum. = I filled out the application form.

Doldurup comes from:

• doldurmak = to fill out / to fill in
• doldurup = filling out and... / after filling out... / fill out and...

The ending -ıp / -ip / -up / -üp links verbs together. It is often called a converb or adverbial verb form.

So:

• doldurup getirmek = to fill out and bring

In this sentence, it connects two actions done by the same person:

1. fill out the application form
2. bring the ID card

So doldurup is roughly fill out ... and then ... or having filled out ....

Because the whole thing the clerk requested is centered on the final verbal noun getirmemi, and doldurup is attached to it as a linked prior action.

Structure:

• başvuru formunu doldurup kimlik kartımı getirmemi = my filling out the application form and bringing my ID card
• istedi = she asked / wanted

Turkish often does this:

• earlier action(s) in -ıp / -ip / -up / -üp
• final action as a nominalized verb that can act like a noun phrase

A more fully parallel version would be:

• başvuru formunu doldurmamı ve kimlik kartımı getirmemi istedi

That is also grammatical, but the original with doldurup ... getirmemi is very natural and compact.

Kimlik kartımı breaks down as:

• kimlik kartı = ID card / identity card
• kimlik kart-ım = my ID card
• kimlik kart-ım-ı = my ID card (as a definite direct object)

So it contains:

1. the noun,
2. the 1st person possessive suffix (-ım / -im / -um / -üm),
3. the accusative suffix.

That is why it means my ID card, not just an ID card.

Because the sentence means my ID card, not your ID card or his/her ID card.

Possessive endings:

• kartım = my card
• kartın = your card
• kartı = his/her/its card

Then the accusative is added:

• kartımı = my card (object)
• kartını = your card / his-her card (object, depending on context)

So kimlik kartımı getirmemi istedi means she asked me to bring my ID card.

Getirmemi is a very important form.

Breakdown:

• getir- = bring
• -me = verbal noun / nominalizer
• -m = marks the subject of that verbal noun as I
• -i = accusative case

So getirmemi literally means something like:

• my bringing
• for me to bring

In natural English, with istemek, this becomes:

• asked me to bring
• wanted me to bring

This is a very common Turkish pattern:

• Gitmemi istedi. = He/she wanted me to go.
• Beklememi söyledi. = He/she told me to wait.

Because Turkish often builds that meaning into the verb form itself.

In English, we say:

• She asked me to bring...

In Turkish, the me is often contained inside the nominalized verb:

• getirmemi istedi

The -m in getirmemi shows that the person doing the bringing is I / me.

So Turkish does not need a separate beni here.

If you added beni, it would usually sound wrong in this structure.

Yes, istemek basically means to want. But in many contexts it also means to ask for or to request.

So:

• su istedim = I asked for water / I wanted water
• gelmeni istedi = he/she wanted you to come
• formu doldurmanı istedi = he/she asked you to fill out the form

In this sentence, because a person in authority is telling someone to do something, English usually translates it as asked me to rather than just wanted me to.

So istedi here carries the sense of a request or instruction.

The basic structure is:

[Subject] + [embedded action clause] + [main verb]

So here:

• Memur hanım = subject
• başvuru formunu doldurup kimlik kartımı getirmemi = the thing she asked for
• istedi = asked / wanted

More literally:

• The lady clerk asked for my filling out the application form and bringing my ID card.

Natural English:

• The lady clerk asked me to fill out the application form and bring my ID card.

This is a very common Turkish pattern: the requested action appears before the main verb, and the main verb comes at the end.

Because Turkish is generally a verb-final language.

In many ordinary Turkish sentences, the verb comes last:

• Ben okula gittim. = I went to school.
• O kitabı okudu. = He/she read the book.

Here, the main verb is:

• istedi = asked / wanted

Everything before it sets up who did the asking and what was asked.

So even though the sentence looks long, the main idea is still packed into the final verb.

Usually, yes.

doldurup kimlik kartımı getirmemi istedi naturally suggests:

1. fill out the application form
2. bring the ID card

The -ıp / -ip / -up / -üp form often links actions in sequence, especially when that sequence makes sense in context.

So a learner can usually read doldurup here as:

• fill out ... and then bring ...

Yes. A few natural alternatives are:

• Memur hanım başvuru formunu doldurmamı ve kimlik kartımı getirmemi istedi.
• Memur hanım, başvuru formunu doldurup kimlik kartımı getirmemi rica etti.
  This sounds more formal/polite: requested that I...
• Memur hanım benden başvuru formunu doldurup kimlik kartımı getirmemi istedi.
  This adds benden = from me, but it is not necessary.

The original sentence is already natural and efficient. The main thing to notice is the pattern:

• [action I should do] + istedi

A very useful pattern is:

[verb stem + me + personal marker + accusative] + istedi

Examples:

• Gitmemi istedi. = He/she asked me to go.
• Beklememi istedi. = He/she asked me to wait.
• Aramamı istedi. = He/she asked me to call.
• Formu doldurmamı istedi. = He/she asked me to fill out the form.

And when two actions are linked:

• Formu doldurup getirmemi istedi. = He/she asked me to fill out the form and bring it.

If you learn this pattern well, you will understand a lot of everyday Turkish instructions and requests.