Learn Turkish: Adam eşi ile beraber çalışıyorken boşanıyormuş. - I heard the man is getting divorced while working together with his wife.

The suffix -muş adds a 'hearsay' or 'inferential' meaning. While boşanıyor means 'he is getting divorced' (as a stated fact), boşanıyormuş means 'I hear he is getting divorced.' It shows you learned this information from someone else, not firsthand.

Why is the present continuous suffix -ıyor used before -muş?

By combining -ıyor (happening now or ongoing) with -muş (reported), you get the reported present continuous. It translates to 'I heard that an action is currently happening.' If we just used boşanmış, it would mean 'I heard he already got divorced.'

Does eşi ile connect to çalışıyorken or boşanıyormuş?

It connects to çalışıyorken. The phrase eşi ile beraber çalışıyorken means 'while working together with his wife.' If you wanted to say 'divorcing his wife' as the main action, Turkish uses the ablative case (from): eşinden boşanıyormuş.

How does the word çalışıyorken break down?

It combines the verb root çalış (work), the present continuous -ıyor, and the suffix -ken (while). Together, çalışıyorken means 'while he is working.' The -ıyor shows the working is an ongoing background action.