Breakdown of Göndermeleri icap eden tebliğ postanede.
göndermek
to send
postane
post office
icap etmek
to be required / to be necessary
tebliğ
official notification
Questions & Answers about Göndermeleri icap eden tebliğ postanede.
How does the structure göndermeleri icap eden work here to mean "that they are required to send"?
It literally translates to "which necessitates their sending." First, we take the verbal noun gönderme (sending) and add the possessive -leri (their) to make göndermeleri. Then we add icap eden, which is the active participle (the -An form) of icap etmek (to necessitate / to require). Placed before the noun tebliğ, it forms a relative clause of necessity: "The notification that necessitates their sending."
Could göndermeleri also mean "his/her sending them"?
Yes, grammatically it is ambiguous out of context. It can be broken down as gönderme + -leri (their sending) OR as gönderme + -ler (plural marker for the objects being sent) + -i (his/her sending). Here, the English translation clarifies that the subject is "they," so it means "their sending."
Could I use gereken instead of icap eden in this sentence?
Yes, göndermeleri gereken tebliğ is perfectly correct and means the exact same thing. İcap etmek (to be necessary) is just a slightly more formal and older synonym for gerekmek. It is used exactly the same way to form these clauses.
Is tebliğ the standard word for any kind of notification?
No, tebliğ is quite formal and is mostly used for official, legal, or governmental notifications and communiques. For everyday notifications (like those on your smartphone), you would use bildirim. The formal nature of tebliğ matches the slightly formal tone of icap eden.
Why is there no "is" equivalent at the end of the sentence? Shouldn't it be postanededir?
In spoken and everyday written Turkish, the third-person "to be" suffix -dir is usually dropped when stating a simple fact about location. Simply placing postanede (at the post office) at the end of the sentence acts as the predicate, meaning "is at the post office." Adding -dir here would make the sentence sound either like a very strict official statement or a strong assumption.
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