This is the 13853rd most frequent Turkish word.
maaşlarının
"Of their salaries"
In this sentence, 'maaşlarının' is used to indicate possession (salaries) belonging to the employees, and is in the plural genitive form, showing ownership or relation.
Çalışanlar maaşlarının gecikmesi nedeniyle şikayet etti.
The employees complained because of the delay in their salaries.
Here, 'maaşlarının' refers to the subject's own salaries, demonstrating possession and linking it to the concept of the increase being requested.
Öğretmenler maaşlarının artırılmasını talep ettiler.
The teachers demanded an increase in their salaries.
In this case, 'maaşlarının' again marks possession, showing the relation of the insufficiency to the salaries owned by the workers.