ehirlerinin

ehirlerinin is a Turkish inflected form derived from şehir (city). It combines plural markings with a genitive/possessive suffix sequence to indicate a relationship involving more than one city. In practice, this form appears in noun phrases that connect cities to another noun, such as a property, attribute, or action belonging to or associated with those cities. The form is typically analyzed as cities (şehirler) plus the genitive indication of possession (-in) and, in some contexts, the third-person plural possessive ending that yields the full sequence şehirlerin or şehirlerinin, depending on the syntactic needs of the sentence.

In usage, şehirlerin can express two closely related meanings: the genitive sense "of the cities" as in ownership or association, and the possessive sense "their cities" when the possessor is a plural subject. Both readings occur in ordinary Turkish through context, and the exact interpretation is determined by surrounding words and the overall sentence structure. The word also demonstrates Turkish vowel harmony, as the suffix vowels adapt to the preceding vowels in şehirler.

Examples:

- Şehirlerin nüfusu artıyor. The populations of the cities are increasing.

- Şehirlerinin altyapısı iyileştirilmelidir. The infrastructure of their cities should be improved.

- Beş ülkenin şehirlerinin yönetimi koordine edilmek üzere toplantıya çağrıldı. The management of the cities of five countries was called to a meeting for coordination.

Notes:

- The precise segmentation of şehirlerinin can vary with emphasis and syntax, but it generally reflects plural, genitive, and third-person plural possessive inflection in Turkish.

- It is a common construct in formal or descriptive Turkish, especially in discussions of urban planning, demography, or governance.