Learn Turkish: Kültür hakkında konuşuyoruz. - We are talking about culture.

Unlike postpositions such as göre which require the dative case (like bana göre), the word hakkında (about) simply follows the plain, dictionary form when used with regular nouns. Therefore, 'about culture' is just kültür hakkında.

Wait, does hakkında change if I want to say 'about me' instead of 'about culture'?

Yes! While regular nouns sit right next to it with no changes, personal pronouns require the genitive case and a matching possessive ending on the postposition itself. For example, 'about me' becomes benim hakkımda and 'about us' is bizim hakkımızda.

Let's review the verb konuşuyoruz. Why is there a u in the middle?

The verb root is konuş- (to talk). To add the present continuous suffix -yor, we need a connecting vowel because the root ends in a consonant. Following the rules of 4-way vowel harmony, the u in the root word dictates that the connecting vowel must also be u, creating konuş-u-yoruz.