"Cumhurbaşkanı nerede?"

Translation: Where is the president?

[diallo435]

Erdogan

[HamishCJ]

Still true.

[Gabb318_PHL]

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

[PranaviAVS]

If I'm not wrong, we were taught president to be "başkan" right? What's the difference between başkan and cumhurbaşkanı?

[inlond]

why is there an ' i without dot ' at the end of the word for president

[ChloMeo]

i guess it is because in this sentence we are talking about the president of republic.
republic = cumhuriyet and president = başkan --> cumhuriyet başkanı --> cumhurbaşkanı

[inlond]

thank you -yes this is it.

[Ektoraskan]

The word for president is "cumhurbaşkanı". That's the word itself. It's not like it was "cumhurbaşkan" and then it received a suffix. It's always with an ı.

[thundermaggie]

Does "cumhurbaşkanı" need an extra suffix for the accusative case when it is a direct object of a transitive verb?

eg. I love the president = cumhurbaşkanıyı seviyorum?

[ilknr1]

It would be "Cumhurbaşkanını seviyorum.

[Mihailo71445]

He is praying namaz in Hagia Sophia. ;)

[Quolh]

:-(

[amire80]

Is it incorrect to say ''the president of the republic"?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

It isn't really correct as this is a catch all term (for example, this is both the title of the President of Turkey and the President of the United States).

[Onuralpakr]

It's late but, while it isn't necessarily wrong, I think most people would use "Başkan" as in "Amerikan Başkanı" or "Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Başkanı" for the President of the US.

[Samia732007]

If Cumhurbaşkanı means president then what does başkan means?

[imprettyperfect]

It means "president" too!