No. 1,761 in Turkish
adaylarının
"Of the candidates"
In a sentence
Partiler, seçim adaylarının listesini açıkladı.
The parties announced the list of their election candidates.
In this sentence, 'adaylarının' refers to 'of the candidates [of theirs] (genitive-plural possessive)' and is used in a possessive form to describe the relationship between 'partiler' (the parties) and 'adaylar' (the candidates).
Üniversite başvurusu için adaylarının bilgileri gerekiyor.
Information about the applicants is required for the university application.
Here, 'adaylarının' is used as 'of the applicants [=those applying]' to articulate the possession of information regarding them, related to 'üniversite [university]'.
Şirket, işe alım adaylarının özgeçmişlerini incelemeye aldı.
The company has started reviewing the CVs of the job applicants.
In this case, 'adaylarının' specifies possession, linking 'adaylar' (the applicants) to 'şirket' (the company) which is the entity reviewing their CVs.
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