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To smoothly shift your focus from one subject to another—expressing "as for..." or "when it comes to..."—Turkish uses the word **gelince**.

### The Topic-Shifting Formula

Take the new topic, attach the dative case suffix, and follow it with **gelince** (literally "when it comes").

**Formula:** Noun / Pronoun + Dative Suffix (**-(y)a / -(y)e**) + **gelince**

### Shifting to Pronouns

When saying "as for me" or "as for you," remember that the pronouns for "I" (*ben*) and "you" (*sen*) change their root vowels when taking the dative case, becoming **bana** and **sana**.

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### Shifting to People and Nouns

Attach the dative suffix following standard vowel harmony: **-a** for back vowels (a, ı, o, u) and **-e** for front vowels (e, i, ö, ü). If the noun ends in a vowel, insert the buffer letter **y**.

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### Shifting to Activities

To shift the topic to an *activity*, turn the verb into a verbal noun using **-ma** or **-me**, add the buffer **y**, and then the dative suffix. This always results in **-maya** or **-meye**.

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Topic shifting (-(y)A gelince)

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
technological	teknolojik
as for, when it comes to	gelince
The youth grasp technological tools quickly; as for the elderly, they struggle.	Gençler teknolojik aletleri çabuk kavrıyor; yaşlılara gelince, onlar bocalıyor.
to message each other (via text/SMS)	mesajlaşmak
with video, visual	görüntülü
As for messaging, we use it every day, but my grandmother likes video calls.	Mesajlaşmaya gelince, biz her gün kullanıyoruz ama büyükannem görüntülü görüşmeyi seviyor.
to update	güncellemek
laborious, troublesome	zahmetli
They think that updating the applications is a laborious process.	Uygulamaları güncellemenin zahmetli bir süreç olduğunu sanıyorlar.
skillful, adept	becerikli
My sister is very skillful at using computers; as for me, I am quite lazy.	Ablam bilgisayar kullanmakta çok becerikli; bana gelince, ben oldukça tembelim.
accessible	ulaşılabilir
innovation, novelty	yenilik
Despite the changes, every novelty that makes information accessible is useful.	Değişikliklere rağmen, bilgiyi ulaşılabilir yapan her yenilik faydalıdır.
perception	algı
The perception that messaging is harmful for the youth is definitely wrong.	Mesajlaşmanın gençler için zararlı olduğu algısı kesinlikle yanlıştır.
As for my grandfather, he doesn't realize that doing research on the internet is not laborious.	Büyükbabama gelince, internette araştırma yapmanın zahmetli olmadığını fark etmiyor.
The novelty that they added to the video call surprised everyone.	Görüntülü görüşmeye ekledikleri yenilik herkesi şaşırttı.
We need skillful workers who make this data accessible.	Bu veriyi ulaşılabilir yapan becerikli işçilere ihtiyacımız var.
Did you update the technological devices that you bought yesterday?	Dün aldığın teknolojik cihazları güncelledin mi?
As for updating the applications, it is not a big problem.	Uygulamaları güncellemeye gelince, bu büyük bir problem değil.
As for young people, technological perception is very different.	Gençlere gelince, teknolojik algı çok farklı.