Sýrasý düstükçe yakýnlarýna bu endiþelerini söyledikleri gibi bunu Gazi´ye hissettirmekten çekinmezlerdi.

My try is this, 

The more this went on and she told her worries to those close to her, they couldn´t wait to let the Gazi (Atatürk) know.

"sýrasý düþmek" is "uygun zamaný gelmek"

I think there should be a "de" before çekinmezlerdi.

Uygun zamaný geldikçe bu endiþelerini söyledikleri gibi bunu Gazi´ye hissettirmekten de çekinmezlerdi.

When it was (appropriate) time, not only they told their worries to their relatives, but also they didn´t hesitate to make Gazi feel/understand this.

Still confused but thanks for your explanation.  I can understand the sýra zaman similarity but I thought the ´dikçe´ ending translated as  ´the more.........´

The quotation is correct ie. there is no ´de´  before çekinmezllerdi.

you are right, -dikçe is translated generally as "the more..." but not in all cases.

if you say "o güldükçe, ben daha mutlu olurum" then it is "the more she smiles, the happier I get."

but you can also say  "bizi ziyarete geldikçe, çikolata getirirdi." "each time he came to visit us, he used to bring chocolates." or "at the times he came to visit us, he used to bring chocolates."

I hope this helps.

I found this on the link below, but after a bit more research it does not seem to be the full story.  I would really appreciate a more expansive explanation of how and when to use this suffix.

Many thanks in advance

http://www.turkishclass.com/forumTitle_11806_-1

This is how I understand it.

When the -dikçe suffix is attached to a verb stem it indicates a certain continutity or repetitiveness to that verb. In English, that can be expressed by many words such as, for example: as, each time, every time, whenever, the more, as long as, so long as, etc.

Here´s some examples to maybe clarify it a bit:

Arkadaþýný gördükçe yüzü güler. Whenever you see your friend, he´s happy.

Onu gördükçe aðlar. Whenever he sees it, he weeps.

Çocuk, büyüdükçe güzelleþiyor. As the child is growing, s/he is getting more beautiful/handsome.

Yaþlandýkça hayatý daha bir ciddiye aliyor. As he gets older, he takes like more seriously.

Gönül taze kaldýkça insan ihtiyarlamaz. A person doesn´t grow old as long as his/her heart stays young.

So this can be translated in many ways, not only as "the more" - the idea is that something happens continuously or is repetitious.

I think It would be a great suffix to use in marital spats (The more I look at you, the more I wish I married your brother!, Whenever I tell you to do something, you pretend not to listen! You get the idea )

Now, when you use -dikçe on a negative verb stem, it expresses the idea of "unless", for example:

Özür dilmedikçe bizi affetmeyecekmiþ. They say he will not forgive us unless we apologize.

Bir iþi sevmedikçe baþarýlý olamazsin. Unless you love your work, you cannot be successful.

Thankyou so much.  I think I have now grasped it and learnt a few more things too.  Brilliant!!