Formal necessity (icap eden)

Formal Necessity (icap etmek)

In official procedures and strict protocols, Turkish uses the formal verb icap etmek to express that an action is "required" or "necessary."

To specify who is required to act, use a verbal noun (-ma or -me) with a possessive suffix, followed by icap ediyor.

Use the same structure to ask about requirements.

Consisting of... (-maktan ibaret)

To state what a process "consists of" or "amounts to," pair an infinitive verb in the ablative case with ibaret.

To form this structure:

• Take the infinitive (-mak or -mek).
• Add the ablative case suffix, which mutates to -tan or -ten after the voiceless k (forming -maktan or -mekten).
• Follow with ibaret (often combined with the formal copula as ibarettir).

For negative statements, use değildir.

Defining Required Procedures

You can turn icap etmek into a modifier using the relative participle -en. The phrase icap eden translates to "that which is required."

You will frequently see icap eden and ibarettir combined to define exactly what a mandatory procedure entails.