Breakdown of Açığa alınan memurlar yeni kararname üzerine şikâyet etti.
yeni
new
şikâyet etmek
to complain
memur
officer
üzerine
upon, immediately after
açığa almak
to suspend (from duty)
kararname
decree
Questions & Answers about Açığa alınan memurlar yeni kararname üzerine şikâyet etti.
Why is it kararname üzerine and not kararnamenin üzerine?
Here, üzerine acts as a postposition meaning 'upon' or 'as a result of'. For this abstract meaning of immediate sequence or response, it usually attaches directly to the bare noun or noun phrase (yeni kararname). If you used the genitive structure (kararnamenin üzerine), it would sound more like physical space, meaning 'on top of the decree'.
What does açığa literally mean here, and how does it translate to 'suspended'?
How does the suffix -an work in the word alınan?
The suffix -an is a subject participle (often translated as 'who', 'which', or 'that'). It attaches to the passive verb alınmak (to be taken) to turn the entire verb phrase into an adjective. Together, açığa alınan means 'who were suspended' and directly modifies the noun memurlar (officers).
Since memurlar (officers) is plural, why is the verb şikâyet etti singular instead of ettiler?
In Turkish, when a third-person plural subject is explicitly stated in the sentence (like memurlar), adding the plural suffix -lar or -ler to the verb is optional. Leaving it as the singular şikâyet etti is very common and perfectly natural.
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