"İstanbul is in the northwest of Turkey."
Translation:İstanbul Türkiye'nin kuzey batısında.
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Genitive Case & Possessive Suffixes were taught HERE.
Just be careful not to mix them, because they are different things... Genitive case (-nin) goes on the possessor (the owner), and possessive suffix goes on the possessed (the thing owned). :-)
We need to include the possessive suffix "-sı" because the northwest belongs to Turkey. As soon as we see a "-nin" (genitive case ending) in the sentence, we know we have to include a possessive suffix, as well.
Genitive Case & Possessive Suffixes Tips & Notes: HERE.
And the -n- is a buffer that will come between a vowel and -da or -dan case endings... It may seem strange because this buffer it isn't between two vowels, but it makes it easier to pronounce. :-)
Shish-kebab version:
batı (west) - sı (possessive suffix) - n (buffer) - da (locative case)
AbdullahWa, in "Turkiye"nin"= "of Turkey", "Turkiye" is the possessor, so, at the genitive case and genitive case suffix -n-in, "nin", "n" buffer between two vowels. About "Northwest" = "The west of the north"= "kuzey batisi(pointlessi). It is the same topic as in "havanat bahçesi"= "the zoo" , or "Sultan Ahmet camisi(pointless i)". Three "batisi", bahçesi and camisi, all three possessed object, have the genitive the possessive suffix. have a look there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOS3y3qjEG8, a video very clear and helpfull.
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Why is it wrong to say: "Türkiye'nin kuzey batısında İstanbul." ?
I thought word order was flexible and mostly inverse to the English word order.
Andi, "Istanbul" is the subject in the sentence. So no "da" no "dadir". The complement of place is "in the north-west"="kuzey batısında", compound noun, the possessive ending only ond the second word "batı"="west". Batısında"="batı"+"s", buffer between two wovels+ "ı", possessive suffix +"n", buffer+"da", locative suffix.
SanctusEspiritus, "Istanbul" is the subject of the sentence and "Türkiye'nin kuzey batısında" ="the north-west of Turkey" is a place phrase, in a possessive/genitive construction: Türkey'nin with the genitive suffix "n-in" and "kuzey batısında", a compound noun "kuzey" at the nominative case and "batısında"=" batı-sı-n-da"= "batı" with the possessive suffix "s-ı" (as the possessed object): the west (of the north). "s-ı" because "batı" is ended with a vowel.