Breakdown of Bu, başvurması icap eden en yüksek makamdır.
bu
this
en
most
yüksek
high
başvurmak
to apply (for a job, etc.)
Questions & Answers about Bu, başvurması icap eden en yüksek makamdır.
How does the grammar behind başvurması icap eden work here?
This is a relative clause of necessity. It combines the verbal noun for 'his applying' (başvurması) with the modifying participle for 'that necessitates' (icap eden). Literally, it means 'the authority that necessitates his applying', which naturally translates to 'the authority that he is required to apply to'.
How do we know who is required to do the applying?
The person who must do the action is shown by the possessive suffix on the verbal noun. In başvurması, the -sı ending is the third-person possessive, meaning 'his', 'her', or 'its' applying. If the sentence were about 'me' having to apply, it would be başvurmam icap eden.
The verb başvurmak usually takes the dative case (to apply to). Why is there no dative suffix like -a or -ya here?
When the target of the action becomes the head noun being described by the relative clause (in this case, makam), the case marker it would normally take is dropped. Because we are directly describing the authority itself, the 'to' is inherently understood from the verb başvurmak modifying that specific noun.
Is icap eden interchangeable with gereken in this sentence?