mahkemesidir

Mahkemesidir is a Turkish predicative form that literally means “is the court.” It is built from the noun mahkeme (court) with the possessive suffix -si and the copular suffix -dir (is), resulting in a single word that functions as the predicate in a sentence.

Etymology and morphology: The base noun mahkeme derives from Arabic through Turkish. The suffix -si attaches to indicate possession or association (the court’s/its court), and -dir is a present tense copula used to form concluded identity statements in Turkish. The word is written as one unit and follows Turkish vowel harmony and consonant rules.

Usage: Mahkemesidir is used in predicative clauses to identify or classify something as the court. It appears in sentences where the speaker asserts that a given subject is the court, often in contexts of jurisdiction, authority, or institutional identification. It is not a standalone noun but part of a larger sentence structure.

- Example (illustrative): Bu bina mahkemesidir. (This building is the court.)

- Example: Söz konusu kurum mahkemesidir. (The referred-to institution is the court.)

In practice, the form emphasizes the identity or role of the subject as the court within a statement, rather than describing a possession or attribute by itself.

Notes: The term reflects Turkish’s agglutinative syntax and its use of the copula -dir to denote identity in declarative sentences. While common in formal or legal Turkish, mahkemesidir is one of several ways Turkish can express institutional identity, depending on context and the desired emphasis.