ehirlerde

şehirlerde is the locative plural form of the Turkish noun şehir, meaning “cities” or “in the cities.” The base şehir means city, and Turkish forms the plural as şehirler. To express location, it then adds the locative suffix -de, which harmonizes with the preceding vowels to become -lerde. Thus şehirlerde literally conveys “in the cities.” This phrase functions as an adverbial or adnominal element in sentences, indicating where actions or states occur.

In usage, şehirlerde marks events, conditions, or phenomena that take place across multiple urban areas or within urban contexts. It is commonly found in discussions of geography, sociology, economics, and daily life in urban settings. For example, sentences can describe traffic, culture, or services as they exist in cities: Şehirlerde trafik sabah saatlerinde yoğunlaşır. Şehirlerde yaşayan insanlar çeşitli kültürlerle karşılaşır.

Etymology and morphology: şehir is borrowed from Persian shahr, meaning city, and entered Turkish through historical contact with Persian and Ottoman Turkish. The modern Turkish forms şehirler (plural) and şehirlerde (locative plural) follow regular inflection patterns, illustrating how Turkish combines roots with suffixes to express number and case. The phrase 도시 in Turkish writing commonly appears in prose about urban environments, demographics, and regional differences within a country.