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Abstract Concept of Police (e.g., law enforcement in general): > Polis, toplumun güvenliğini sağlamakla görevlidir. > (Police are responsible for maintaining
by egeozcan 2y ago
Abstract Concept of Police (e.g., law enforcement in general):
> Polis, toplumun güvenliğini sağlamakla görevlidir.
> (Police are responsible for maintaining public safety.)
Police Force as an Organizational Unit:
> Bu şehirdeki polis teşkilatı faaliyetlerini arttırdı.
> (The police force in this city has expanded its operations.)
Specific Police Force Within a Specific City:
> İstanbul polisi son zamanlarda çok aktif.
> (The Istanbul police have been very active lately.)
- jangliss 2y ago> Bu şehirdeki polis teşkilatı faaliyetlerini arttırdı. Interestingly the -ki suffix here was borrowed from Persian (another Indo-European language like English), and effectively highlights a unique instance - "the one which" - in a way that Turkish otherwise doesn't specifically do.
- egeozcan 2y agoNo, the Persian ki is the conjunction (Polis teşkilatı faaliyetlerini arttırdı ki, hırsızlık azalsın), not the possessive suffix (-ki). Sources: Me being a native speaker and also: Turkish Grammar (Oxford 2nd ed. 2001), Geoffrey Lewis. Pages 69 and 211 (Just checked to be sure).