Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar

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(ii) If the conditional clause is in the form aorist + -(y)sA, the imperative or optative
form of the same verb (in the same grammatical person) may be inserted immediately
after the conditional form. This additional verb form is, strictly speaking, the main clause
that the universal conditional modifies, but in practice it serves to reinforce the meaning
of the universal conditional clause itself.
(98) [Ne kadar konuş-ur-lar-sa] konuş-sun-lar hiçbir zaman
what amount talk-AOR-3PL-COND.COP talk-IMP.3PL anlaşamayacaklar.
‘However long they go on talking, (let them talk;) they’re never going to be able
to agree.’
(99) [Nere-ye gid-er-se-niz] gid-in bu fiyata bu kadar güzel bir kanepe.
where-DAT go-AOR-COND.COP-2SG/PL go-IMP.2SG/PL bulamazsınız.
‘(Go) no matter where you go; you won’t find such a fine sofa at this price.’
As noted in 27.4.2.2, (her) ne kadar in a conditional-marked clause does not always
mean ‘however much/long’, as it has become lexicalized as a general marker of
concessive clauses with -(y)sA dA.
27.6 CONDITIONAL CONSTRUCTIONS WITHOUT CONDITIONAL
SUFFIXES
There are a number of constructions that express the same meaning as aorist + -(y)sA, i.e.
predictive open and habitual conditional clauses (27.2.1.1–2), without the use of either of
the conditional suffixes.
27.6.1 -DIğI takdirde, -mAsI durumunda/halinde
Conditional clauses whose verbs are marked with these forms structurally resemble the
other non-finite adverbial constructions discussed in 26.3. They are characteristic of
relatively formal styles, and approximate to ‘in the event of/that’. Note that in -DIğI
takdirde the subordinator is always -DIK, not -(y)AcAK.
(100) [Aday-lar-dan hiçbir-i çoğunluk
candidate-PL-ABL none-3SG.POSS majority
sağla-ya-ma-dığ-ı takdirde] ikinci tur-a geç-il-ecek-tir.
secure-PSB-NEG-CV-3SG.POSS takdirde second round-DAT move-PASS-FUT-
GM
‘[In the event of none of the candidates being able to secure a majority], [the
process] will continue into a second round.’
(101) [Yapılaşma denetim altına alınmaması durumunda/halinde] bölgeleri kısa
zamanda bozulmaktadır.
‘[If building development is not brought under control], coastal regions are
rapidly spoilt.’