darbeleriyle

Darbeleriyle is a Turkish phrase that literally means “with their coups.” It is formed from the plural noun darbeler (coups), the third-person plural possessive suffix -leri (their), and the instrumental suffix -yle (with). The construction can be analyzed as darbeler + -i (possessive) + -yle, yielding darbeleriyle. Turkish allows stacking of affixes in this order, and the result reflects vowel harmony and consonant assimilation rules.

Usage and meaning: darbeleriyle functions as an instrumental expression, indicating the means by which an action is performed. It is most commonly found in historical, political, or analytic prose when discussing actors who use coups as instruments of political change. It can be contrasted with forms like darbelerle (with coups) to express instrumentality without explicitly marking possession, or with more complex possessive phrases to emphasize ownership.

Examples:

- Onlar darbeleriyle iktidara geldiler. (They came to power with their coups.)

- Bazı yorumcular, darbeleriyle elde edilen gücün meşruiyetini sorguluyor. (Some commentators question the legitimacy of power obtained with coups.)

Notes: Because it encodes possession and instrument simultaneously, darbeleriyle tends to appear in formal or journalistic Turkish and in scholarly writing about political events. The phrase exemplifies how Turkish suffixes can be combined to express nuanced means of action, and it demonstrates the language’s handling of plural possession alongside instrumental meaning.