edilebilmesine

Edilebilmesine is a Turkish grammatical form that expresses the possibility or potential for a passive action to occur. It arises from the verb edilebilmek, which combines a passive stem with the potential suffix -ebil-, and the nominalizing suffix -mesi to yield the idea of “the possibility of being done.” The addition of the dative suffix -e (or -a) to form edilebilmesine provides a way to link the phrase to other parts of the sentence, often indicating purpose, benefit, or relation to another clause.

Morphology and formation are key to understanding its use. The base indicates passive potential: ed- (root related to etmek, to do) plus -il- to form the passive stem, then -ebil- to signal ability or possibility, and -mesi/-ması to nominalize the clause as “the possibility of it being done.” The final -e in edilebilmesine marks the dative case, yielding a phrase that can function as a noun clause or be connected to verbs of discourse, purpose, or concession.

Semantic function and usage. edilebilmesine generally means “the possibility of being done” and appears in dependent clauses after conjunctions such as rağmen (despite) or in constructions that express capability or feasibility. It is more formal and often found in written Turkish, technical texts, or grammatical explanations. It can introduce phrases like edilebilmesine rağmen (even though it could be done) or edilebilmesine olanak tanıdı (made it possible for it to be done).

Examples:

- Projenin tamamlanabilmesine rağmen bütçe aşımı yaşandı. (Despite the project being able to be completed, the budget was exceeded.)

- Bu yasa, belirli koşullarda hizmetin edilebilmesine olanak tanır. (This law allows the service to be possible to perform under certain conditions.)

See also: Turkish grammar, non-finite clauses, the -ebil- suffix, passive voice.