Puanlama değişti değişmesine ama puan kesintisi kaldı.

This is a common Turkish emphasis/concession pattern:

V-dı / -di ... V-mesine ama ...

So değişti değişmesine ama... means something like:

• it did change, but...
• changed, yes, but...
• to be fair, it changed, but...

The repetition is not accidental. It adds a concessive nuance: I admit this part is true, however there is still a problem.

So the sentence is not just saying the scoring changed. It is saying the scoring changed, sure, but the point deduction remained.

Değişmesine can be broken down like this:

• değiş- = change
• -me = verbal noun marker
• -si = third-person possessive marker
• -ne / -e = dative case

So literally it is built from something like its changing / to its changing, but in this pattern it is best learned as part of a fixed expression rather than translated piece by piece.

In değişti değişmesine ama..., the -mesine part helps create the meaning:

• yes, it changed, but...
• granted, it changed, but...

So although the form looks complicated, the whole pattern is more important than the literal morphology.

Değişti ama... is neutral and straightforward:

• It changed, but...

Değişti değişmesine ama... is more idiomatic and expressive. It suggests:

• yes, it changed, I admit that, but...
• it changed, true, but that is not the whole story
• there was a change, but the problem was not fully solved

So the repeated form makes the contrast stronger and often carries a slight feeling of dissatisfaction or limitation.

Puanlama means scoring, grading, or the scoring system, depending on context.

It comes from:

• puan = point, score
• puanla- = to score / assign points
• puanlama = scoring / grading

In this sentence, puanlama most naturally refers to the scoring system or the way points are calculated.

Puan kesintisi means point deduction or deduction of points.

This is a Turkish noun compound:

• puan = point
• kesinti = deduction, cut
• puan kesintisi = point deduction

Why kesintisi?

Because in an indefinite noun compound, the second noun usually takes the third-person possessive suffix:

• ev kapısı = house door
• okul müdürü = school principal
• puan kesintisi = point deduction

So puan kesintisi is the normal Turkish way to say deduction of points.
Using just puan kesinti would be ungrammatical.

Yes, kaldı basically means remained, stayed, or was left.

Here it does not mean physically staying somewhere. It means:

• continued to exist
• was still there
• remained in effect

So puan kesintisi kaldı means:

• the point deduction remained
• the point deduction stayed in place
• they kept the point deduction

That is a very common use of kalmak in Turkish.

Yes. It splits naturally into two parts:

1. Puanlama değişti değişmesine

   • The scoring changed, true...

2. ama puan kesintisi kaldı

   • but the point deduction remained

So the overall structure is:

• statement conceded first
• objection or limitation added after ama

This is a very common Turkish way to express partial agreement followed by contrast.

The word order is natural and emphasizes the contrast.

• Puanlama is placed first because it is the topic of the first clause.
• Then comes the concessive expression değişti değişmesine.
• Ama introduces the real contrast.
• Puan kesintisi is placed before kaldı, which is standard Turkish word order.

Turkish often puts the most important contrasting elements before the verb, so this sentence feels quite normal and clear.

It is idiomatic and very common in speech, but it is not limited to casual conversation. You can also see it in writing, especially when the writer wants a slightly expressive or contrastive tone.

It is less plain than değişti ama and more nuanced. So it is a good pattern to recognize and eventually use, but it may sound a little more advanced than basic textbook Turkish.

Yes, sometimes. Possible alternatives include:

• fakat
• ancak

So you could have:

• Puanlama değişti değişmesine fakat puan kesintisi kaldı.
• Puanlama değişti değişmesine ancak puan kesintisi kaldı.

All are possible, but ama is the most everyday and conversational choice.

Yes, very likely.

The structure değişti değişmesine ama... often implies:

• yes, something improved or changed
• but an important issue remained
• so the situation is still not fully satisfactory

So the speaker is not denying the change. They are saying that the change did not solve everything, because the point deduction still remained.

A rough gloss would be:

• puanlama = scoring / the scoring system
• değişti = changed
• değişmesine = granted that it changed / changed, true
• ama = but
• puan kesintisi = point deduction
• kaldı = remained

So a very literal-feeling gloss would be:

The scoring changed, changed indeed, but the point deduction remained.

That is not the most natural English, but it helps show the Turkish structure.