Kültürlerine

Kültürlerine is a Turkish inflected form derived from kültür (culture). It conveys the notion “to their cultures” or “toward their cultures” and is created by a sequence of suffixes: plural -ler, 3rd person plural possessive -leri, followed by the dative -e. The morphological chain is kultür → kültürler (cultures) → kültürleri (their cultures) → kültürlerine (to their cultures).

Morphology and usage in Turkish are systematic: the base noun takes the plural suffix -ler/-lar, then the possessive suffix -i (with the appropriate person) becomes -leri for “their,” and finally the dative suffix -e marks direction or recipient. Vowel harmony governs the vowels in the suffixes, producing forms like kültürler, kültürleri, and kültürlerine.

In context, kültürlerine appears with verbs or constructions that require a dative object or indirect object, such as saygı göstermek (to show respect) or karşı olmak (to oppose or respond to). Examples:

- Toplum, farklı kültürlerine karşı hoşgörü göstermelidir. (Society should show tolerance toward different cultures.)

- Bu program, göçmenlerin kültürlerine saygı gösterilmesini amaçlar. (This program aims to ensure respect for the immigrants’ cultures.)

Kültürlerine, Turkish grammar içinde çoksallık ve kapsayıcılığı vurgulayan bir formdur ve çoğul kültürlere atıfta bulunurken kullanılır.