çevresine

Çevresine is a Turkish grammatical form derived from çevre (environment, surroundings). It combines the root with the third-person possessive suffix -si to form çevresi (his/her/its environment) and the dative suffix -ne to indicate direction or recipient, yielding çevresine, meaning “to his/her/its surroundings” or “to the environment around it.”

In use, çevresine functions as a dative object or adverbial complement with verbs that govern the dative. It can refer to a literal physical surrounding as well as a figurative sense of one’s social or natural surroundings. The construction is common in everyday speech and in descriptive writing, where speakers denote actions directed toward or affecting nearby spaces.

Examples:

- Adam çevresine bakıyor. (The man is looking at his surroundings.)

- O, çevresine zarar veren hareketlerden kaçınır. (He avoids actions that harm his surroundings.)

- İnsanlar çevresine karşı duyarlı olmalıdır. (People should be sensitive to their surroundings.)

Etymology and grammar: The form illustrates Turkish agglutination, combining çevre with the possessive suffix -si and the dative suffix -ne to convey “toward one’s surroundings.” It is used with many verbs to indicate direction, attention, or protection regarding the surrounding environment.