No. 116 in Turkish
bakanlığı
"Ministry" or "department" (governmental).
In a sentence
Sağlık Bakanlığı yeni bir düzenleme yapacak.
The Ministry of Health will enact a new regulation.
In this context, 'Bakanlığı' is used as a possessive form denoting 'Ministry of' followed by a specifying domain, here 'Health', indicating a government entity.
Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı öğretmen atamaları hakkında bilgi verdi.
The Ministry of National Education provided information about teacher assignments.
Here, 'Bakanlığı' functions as part of the nominal compound to indicate it belongs to 'National Education,' thus showing a hierarchical naming system for government offices.
Çevre Bakanlığı çevreyi koruma projelerini duyurdu.
The Ministry of Environment announced the environmental protection projects.
This usage of 'Bakanlığı' signifies ownership or specification, detailing that the ministry in question oversees environmental matters.
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