Geçiş ücreti kartla ödendi.

Because Turkish very often combines two nouns to make a compound meaning.

• geçiş = passage, transit, crossing
• ücret = fee, charge
• geçiş ücreti = passage fee / toll

This is a very common Turkish structure called a noun compound. In this type:

• the first noun stays plain: geçiş
• the second noun usually takes a possessive-like ending: ücreti

So geçiş ücreti literally looks a bit like its passage fee, but in real usage it simply means the passage fee / toll fee.

Similar examples:

• otobüs durağı = bus stop
• öğrenci kartı = student card
• telefon numarası = telephone number

In this noun-compound pattern, the second noun takes the 3rd person possessive ending.

So:

• ücret = fee
• geçiş ücreti = passage fee / toll

The ending here is -i, but its exact form changes according to vowel harmony:

• kart → kartı
• ev → evi
• yol → yolu
• göz → gözü

So ücreti is not a separate word; it is ücret + i.

kartla means with a card or by card.

It comes from:

• kart = card
• ile = with, by means of

In Turkish, ile is often attached to the noun and becomes -la / -le:

• kart ile → kartla
• araba ile → arabayla
• nakit ile → nakitle

So kartla ödendi means it was paid with a card / by card.

Because of vowel harmony.

The suffix appears as -la or -le depending on the last vowel of the word:

• back vowels (a, ı, o, u) usually take -la
• front vowels (e, i, ö, ü) usually take -le

In kart, the last vowel is a, so it becomes kartla.

Compare:

• para → parayla
• tren → trenle
• otobüs → otobüsle

ödendi is the verb ödemek (to pay) in the passive past tense.

Breakdown:

• öde- = pay
• -n- = passive marker
• -di = past tense

So:

• ödemek = to pay
• ödendi = was paid

That is why the whole sentence means something like The toll was paid by card.

It is passive.

• Active: someone pays something
  
  • Geçiş ücretini kartla ödediler. = They paid the toll by card.
• Passive: the fee was paid
  
  • Geçiş ücreti kartla ödendi. = The toll was paid by card.

In the passive sentence, the person who paid is not mentioned.

Because Turkish passive sentences often leave the doer unstated when it is unknown, unimportant, or obvious from context.

So:

• Geçiş ücreti kartla ödendi. = The toll was paid by card.

This focuses on the event and method of payment, not on who paid it.

If you wanted to mention the payer, Turkish would usually switch to an active sentence instead.

Because in this sentence it is the subject, not the direct object.

In an active sentence, the fee would be the object, so you would get the accusative:

• Geçiş ücretini kartla ödedim. = I paid the toll by card.

Here:

• geçiş ücreti = subject of the passive sentence
• geçiş ücretini = object in an active sentence

So the lack of accusative is a clue that the sentence is passive.

A natural active version would be:

• Geçiş ücretini kartla ödedim. = I paid the toll by card.
• Geçiş ücretini kartla ödediler. = They paid the toll by card.

Notice the changes:

• geçiş ücreti → geçiş ücretini because it becomes the object
• ödendi → ödedim / ödediler because the verb is now active and agrees with the subject

Because Turkish normally uses Subject–Object/Complement–Verb order, and the verb often comes last.

In this sentence:

• Geçiş ücreti = subject
• kartla = adverbial phrase / instrument
• ödendi = verb

So the order is very normal Turkish.

English often places the verb earlier, but Turkish strongly prefers the verb near the end.

Yes, Turkish word order is flexible, but changing it usually changes focus or emphasis.

For example:

• Geçiş ücreti kartla ödendi. = neutral
• Kartla geçiş ücreti ödendi. = more emphasis on by card
• Ödendi geçiş ücreti kartla. = possible in special contexts, but much less neutral

For learners, the most natural pattern to remember is the original one with the verb at the end.

It can mean both, depending on context.

In this sentence, English would usually say:

• by card
• with a card

Both are good translations.

Turkish -la / -le often covers meanings like:

• with
• by
• using

So kartla ödendi means the payment method was a card.

Yes, in many contexts that is the most natural English translation.

Literally, it means passage fee or crossing fee, but in real-world use it often refers to a toll, such as for:

• a highway
• a bridge
• a tunnel

So if this came from a road sign, payment notice, or transport context, toll is probably the best natural English meaning.

Turkish does not have a direct equivalent of English the.

So geçiş ücreti can mean:

• the toll
• a toll fee
• sometimes just toll fee

The exact meaning depends on context.

In a sentence like this, English usually prefers the toll was paid by card, because it sounds like a specific fee already known in the situation.

Usually by card or with a card is better.

Kartla does not normally mean with the card in a strongly definite sense unless the context makes that clear. Turkish has no article system like English, so kartla is most naturally understood as using a card / by card.

So the best translations are:

• The toll was paid by card.
• The toll fee was paid with a card.

Because of the ending -di, which is one of the common Turkish past-tense markers.

Examples:

• geldi = came
• yazdı = wrote
• ödendi = was paid

The exact form of this ending changes because of vowel harmony and consonant voicing:

• -dı, -di, -du, -dü
• -tı, -ti, -tu, -tü

Here it appears as -di.

Turkish passive forms can use different shapes, often -l- or -n-, depending on the verb.

For ödemek, the passive form is:

• ödenmek = to be paid

So in the past tense:

• ödendi = was paid

This is something you gradually learn with each verb, but it becomes familiar with exposure.

Yes. That would mean:

• The toll was paid with a credit card.

Your original sentence only says kartla, which is more general:

• card
• by card
• with a card

If the speaker wants to be more precise, they can say:

• banka kartıyla = with a debit card
• kredi kartıyla = with a credit card

Yes, it is fully natural and complete.

It sounds like something you might see or hear in contexts such as:

• payment records
• customer service
• toll systems
• receipts or transaction explanations

It is short, neutral, and typical Turkish.