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To express that a situation will continue under certain conditions—meaning "as long as" or "provided that"—Turkish uses the word **sürece** paired with a special verb form.

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### Forming the Condition

To build this structure, attach the suffix **-dık** / **-dik** (or its vowel harmony variants) to the verb stem, followed by a possessive suffix to indicate *who* is performing the action. Finally, add the word **sürece**. 

Because possessive suffixes usually start with a vowel, the **k** in **-dık** softens to **ğ**. For a third-person subject ("as long as *it* does"), the ending becomes **-dığı** or **-diği**.

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### Changing the Subject

The subject of the condition is controlled entirely by the possessive suffix on the verb. For example, "as long as *you* look" uses the second-person singular suffix (**-ın** / **-in**), creating **baktığın sürece**. 

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### Negative Conditions

To state that something holds true "as long as a subject does *not* do something", insert the negative suffix **-ma** or **-me** directly after the verb stem, before the **-dık** suffix.

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### States and Adjectives

When your condition describes a state or a quality rather than an action—such as being closed, open, or critical—use the helper verb **olmak** (to be). It takes the exact same suffixes, most frequently appearing as **olduğu sürece** (as long as it is).

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Conditional extent (-dığı sürece)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (bu, şu, o)

Basic question words (kim, ne)

Plural nouns (-lar, -ler)

I am and you are (-(y)ım, -sın)

We, you, and they are (-(y)ız, -sınız)

Negative statements (değil)

Yes and no questions (mı, mi, mu, mü)

Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)

Numbers 1 to 10 (bir, iki, üç)

Numbers 11 to 20 (on bir, on iki)

Numbers by tens to 100 (otuz, kırk...)

Counting objects (tane)

The locative case (-da, -de)

Consonant assimilation (-ta, -te)

Asking where (nerede)

There is / there are (var)

There is not / there are not (yok)

Asking how many (kaç)

Infinitive verbs (-mak, -mek)

Informal commands (git, gel)

Negative commands (-ma, -me)

Polite and plural commands (-In, -InIz)

Basic word order

Present continuous for consonant roots (-iyor)

Present continuous for vowel roots (-iyor)

Present continuous personal suffixes (-iyorum)

Negative present continuous (-miyor)

Present continuous questions (-iyor mu)

Future plans with present continuous

The dative case (-(y)a, -(y)e)

Consonant mutation (k, t, p, ç to ğ, d, b, c)

From or out of (-dan / -den)

Directional question words (nereye, nereden)

First and second person possessives (-(i)m, -(i)n)

Third person possessive (-(s)i)

Plural possessives (-imiz, -iniz, -leri)

The genitive case (-(n)in)

Definite noun compounds (-nin ... -si)

Indefinite noun compounds (bare noun + -(s)i)

Possessive buffer letter (n)

Spatial postpositions (içinde, üstünde)

The definite direct object (-(y)ı, -(y)i)

Object question words (kimi, neyi)

Adjectives modifying nouns

Manner and choice questions (nasıl, hangi)

Basic degree modifiers (çok, biraz)

Comparisons (daha, en)

Days of the week

Months of the year

The time question word (ne zaman)

Telling time (saat, buçuk)

Asking the time (saat kaç, saat kaçta)

Basic conjunctions (ve, ama, veya)

Causality conjunction (çünkü)

Means and accompaniment (ile, -(y)lA)

Purpose and beneficiaries (için)

Expressing desire (-mak istemek)

The past copula (-(y)DI)

The direct past tense (-DI)

Past tense personal suffixes (-DIm, -DIn)

Past tense negative (-mAdI)

Past tense questions (-DI mI)

Ordinal numbers (-(I)ncI)

Greetings and politeness

Saying 'too' (de, da)

Conversation fillers (şey, yani, hadi)

Conversational essentials

Reflexive pronouns (kendim, kendin)

Reciprocal pronouns (birbiri)

Indefinite pronouns for people (herkes, kimse)

Indefinite pronouns for things and places (her şey, hiçbir şey)

Conjunctions of consequence (bu yüzden, bu nedenle)

Correlative conjunctions (hem... hem, ne... ne)

Verbs taking the dative case (-e / -a)

Verbs taking the ablative case (-den / -dan)

Time origin (beri)

Time duration (-DIr)

Comparisons of similarity (gibi)

Comparisons of equality (kadar)

Perspectives (göre)

Verbal nouns (-mA / -mE)

Verbal nouns as objects (-mAyI / -mEyI)

Verbal nouns with the dative (-mAyA / -mEyA)

General necessity (lazım / gerek)

Personal necessity (-mAm lazım)

Third-person commands (-sIn / -sInlAr)

First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)

Question	Answer
submarine	denizaltı
as long as	sürece
pressure (physical)	basınç
As long as the submarine does not dive, we do not have a pressure problem.	Denizaltı dalmadığı sürece basınç problemimiz yok.
strict (tight)	sıkı
crew	mürettebat
As long as this strict rule is applied, the crew remains safe.	Bu sıkı kural uygulandığı sürece mürettebat güvende kalır.
As long as the pressure remains high, the crew might not sleep.	Basınç yüksek kaldığı sürece mürettebat uyumayabilir.
gauge	gösterge
As long as you look at the gauge, we do not have a problem.	Göstergeye baktığın sürece problemimiz yok.
valve	vana
hull	gövde
As long as the valves are closed, water does not enter the hull.	Vanalar kapalı olduğu sürece gövdeye su girmez.
depth	derinlik
As long as we do not go down to that depth, the hull might not be damaged.	O derinliğe inmediğimiz sürece gövde hasar görmeyebilir.
critical	kritik
As long as he does not pay attention to that critical gauge, the ship does not advance.	O kritik göstergeye dikkat etmediği sürece gemi ilerlemez.
As long as the valves are open, the depth increases.	Vanalar açık olduğu sürece derinlik artar.
As long as the situation is critical, we take strict measures.	Durum kritik olduğu sürece sıkı önlemler alırız.
As long as the hull withstands the pressure, we do not sink.	Gövde basınca dayandığı sürece batmayız.
As long as the submarine advances slowly, there is no danger.	Denizaltı yavaş ilerlediği sürece bir tehlike yok.