Breakdown of Yeni yasaya karşı bir eylem var.
bir
a / an
yeni
new
var
there is / existent
yasa
law
karşı
against, towards
eylem
action, protest
Questions & Answers about Yeni yasaya karşı bir eylem var.
Why is the word for law, yasa, written as yasaya here?
The word karşı (against) is a postposition that requires the noun before it to take the dative (direction) case. Since yasa ends in a vowel, we add the buffer letter -y- before the dative suffix -a, giving us yasaya.
Does the adjective yeni get any endings to match the dative case on yasa?
No, adjectives in Turkish never take case endings when they describe a noun. The noun phrase is yeni yasa (new law). To say against the new law, you only attach the dative ending to the final noun, making it yeni yasaya karşı.
I learned that eylem means action. Does it mean protest here?
Yes! While eylem literally translates to action, in social and political contexts it is the standard Turkish word for a protest, strike, or demonstration.
Why isn't bir eylem at the very beginning of the sentence?
In Turkish, the main subject of a var (there is) sentence usually sits as close to var as possible. Since bir eylem (a protest) is the thing that exists, it goes right before var. The phrase Yeni yasaya karşı simply comes first to set the background context.
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