Breakdown of Editör, yazarın içinde hata yaptığı bölümü düzeltti.
yazar
author
düzeltmek
to fix
bölüm
chapter
içinde
inside, within
hata yapmak
to make a mistake
editör
editor
Questions & Answers about Editör, yazarın içinde hata yaptığı bölümü düzeltti.
How does içinde work together with yaptığı to mean "in which"?
In Turkish relative clauses, when you want to say "in which", "about which", or "on which", you use a postposition with a possessive suffix before the verb. Here, içinde (inside it) pairs with the relative verb yaptığı (that he did) to modify bölüm (chapter). Literally, it builds the phrase "the its-inside that-he-made-a-mistake chapter".
Why is the author written as yazarın (with a genitive suffix) instead of just yazar?
In -dık relative clauses, the subject of the action takes the genitive case (showing ownership). The author is the one doing the action of the relative clause (making a mistake), so yazar becomes yazarın to match the possessive suffix on the verb yaptığı. Literally, it works like "the author's making a mistake".
Why is there an -ü at the end of bölümü?
The entire phrase yazarın içinde hata yaptığı bölüm (the chapter in which the author made a mistake) acts as the specific direct object of the main verb düzeltti (corrected). Because it is a specific, defined object receiving the action, the head noun bölüm takes the definite accusative suffix -ü.
Would the sentence still make sense if we removed içinde?
Yes, you could just say yazarın hata yaptığı bölümü (the chapter the author made a mistake [in]). However, adding içinde (in which / inside it) makes the location relationship explicit. This is a very common structure in Turkish when referring to things that structurally contain something else, like a room, a box, or a chapter of a book.
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