"Atatürk'ü tanıyor musun?"
Translation:Do you know Atatürk?
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This would be knowing him personally. "bilmek" would be used for knowing about him or about facts about him :)
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Why is the ü added at the end? Would it be grammatically correct without it ( as: Atatürk tanıyor musun?) ?
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No it would be wrong. Atatürk'ü is accusative case of Atatürk. And we use -ü here, due to vowel harmony...
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Referring to a person, why should accusative be used? Would that be the case with anyone? Or is it just because now Ataturk is the direct object of the question? I had thought Accusative was used to refer to "the" in things, and I thought there would only be one person. Therefore, there would not need to be referred as "the". Please correct me if I'm wrong on a general or specific case.
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Yes Atatürk is the direct object of the question. Accusative case is used with anyone and used to refer to "the" in things ALSO. I hope this will help.
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This is a rule. Atatürk"ü" seviyor musun?, süt"ü" getirir misin?, or gül"ü bahçeden getirdim.