Köyü
Köyü is a Turkish term that combines the word köy, meaning village, with the third-person possessive suffix -ü. It functions to denote “the village’s” or “of the village” and can appear in various grammatical forms depending on context. In sentences, köyü can indicate possession, as in köyü = “his/her/its village,” or, when combined with an additional suffix, form other meanings such as köyünü for “his/her village” as a direct object.
In practice, köyü occurs as part of standard Turkish grammar. For example, köyünü gördüm means “I saw
Administratively, villages (köy) are the smallest rural units in Turkey. Each village is headed by a muhtar,
Etymologically, köyü reflects Turkish morphology, where köy provides the root meaning “village” and -ü marks possession.
See also: Köy (village), Muhtar, İlçe, Turkish administrative divisions.