Development and functions of {+lik} suffix in the history of Turkish language

The {+lIk} suffix is one of the busiest constructional suffixes in Turkish and has survived from the Orkhon Inscriptions to today's Works. Changes and interactions throughout the history of the Turkish language have also affected the course of the {+lIk} suffix. While the development of the crop continued, its functions also increased in the historical process. According to the study, there are sixteen functions. These functions are: plants, animals, tools, goods, clothes, colors, places, making concrete names; belonging and affiliation, profession, medical terms, number, time, measure and abstract names; reduplications, permanent nouns, adjectives. Apart from this, it has been seen that the suffix comes together with auxiliary verbs and suffixes such as {+çI}, {+mAk}, {+mAz}, {+sIz}.