Breakdown of Sivil halkı korumak adına polisi yetkilendirdiler.
polis
police officer
korumak
to protect
halk
people / public
adına
on behalf of / in the name of
sivil
civil
yetkilendirmek
to authorize
Questions & Answers about Sivil halkı korumak adına polisi yetkilendirdiler.
Why use korumak adına instead of korumak için?
While korumak için also means 'in order to protect', using the infinitive -mAk + adına adds a more formal or official tone. It translates conceptually as 'in the name of protecting' or 'for the express purpose of protecting'. You will often see this structure in news, politics, or corporate language.
Why does halk take the -ı ending here?
The -ı is the accusative case suffix. Because the action of protecting is directed at a specific, defined group (the civilian population), the verb korumak requires its direct object, sivil halk, to take the accusative case, becoming sivil halkı.
Both halkı and polisi have accusative endings. How do we know which verb applies to which?
In Turkish, objects generally sit immediately before the verb or verbal noun that governs them. Sivil halkı comes right before the infinitive korumak (to protect the civilian population), while polisi sits just before the main verb yetkilendirdiler (they authorized the police).
How is the verb yetkilendirdiler built?
It stems from the root noun yetki (authority). The -len suffix turns it into a verb (to become empowered), and the causative suffix -dir makes it transitive (to give authority to, or to authorize). Finally, -di marks the past tense and -ler indicates the 'they' subject.
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