"-ci" in Turkish means the suffix "-er" in English. We give a duty to someone or something.
yardım (help) | yardım+ci---------->yardımcı (helper)
Size yardımcı olabilir miyim? (Can I be helper to you?)
futbol (football, soccer) futbol+ci-------------->futbolcu (footballer) şarkı (song) şarkı+cı--------------->şarkıcı (singer) sanat (art) sanat+cı-------------->sanatçı (artist) gazete (newspaper) gazete+ci------------->gazeteci (journalist) yalan (lie) yalan+ci--------------->yalancı (liar) tiyatro (theatre) tiyatro+ci-------------->tiyatrocu (theatre player) gitar (guitar) gitar+ci---------------->gitarcı (guitarist) kin (grudge, rancour) kin+ci------------------>kinci (rancorous) siyaset (politics) siyaset+ci-------------->siyasetçi (politician) matematik (maths) matematik+ci----------->matematikçi (matematician) ırk (race) ırk+ci----------------->ırkçı (racist) din (religion) din+ci----------------->dinci (bigot, bigoted) milliyet (nation) milliyet+ci------------->milliyetçi (nationalist)
etc. etc. etc.
We can also express to be a supporter in politics or sometimes in sport or something like these.
examples in politics: Atatürk (the founder of the Turkish Republic) Atatürk+ci------------->Atatürkçü (Kemalist) Hitler (der Führer) Hitler+ci--------------->Hitlerci (Hitlerist) sağ (right) sağ+ci----------------->sağcı (rightist) sol (left) sol+ci------------------>solcu (leftist) halk (folk, people) halk+ci----------------->halkçı (populist)
examples in sports: Schumacher (one of the legend drivers of F1) Schumacher+ci--------->Schumacherci (fan of Schumacher) McLaren McLaren+ci------------->McLarenci (fan of McLaren) in football or another sports, the suffix is "-li", not "-ci" Beşiktaş (the oldest football club of Turkey) Beşiktaş+li-------------->Beşiktaşlı (fan of Beşiktaş) Liverpool Liverpool+li-------------->Liverpoollu (fan of Liverpool) Arsenal Arsenal+li--------------->Arsenalli (fan of Arsenal) etc. etc.
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