Trafik cezası park ihlalinden geldi.

Because trafik cezası is a very common Turkish noun compound pattern.

• trafik = traffic
• ceza = punishment / penalty / fine
• cezası = the form ceza takes in this compound

In Turkish, when one noun describes another noun, the second noun often gets a suffix. This is called an indefinite noun compound:

• trafik cezası = traffic fine
• otobüs durağı = bus stop
• yaz tatili = summer holiday

So trafik cezası is the normal way to say traffic fine.

Because several pieces are stacked onto the noun:

• ihlal = violation
• ihlali = violation in the compound park ihlali = parking violation
• ihlalinden = from the parking violation / because of the parking violation

A rough breakdown is:

• park ihlali = parking violation
• park ihlali-n-den = from the parking violation

That -den part is the ablative case, which often means from, and in some contexts also because of / due to.

Here, -den shows the source or cause.

So park ihlalinden geldi literally looks like:

• came from the parking violation

In natural English, that often becomes:

• came because of a parking violation
• resulted from a parking violation

So the sentence is using gelmek with a sense of something coming as a result of something else.

That n is a buffer consonant.

The base compound is:

• park ihlali

The word ihlali already contains a possessive-type suffix used in noun compounds. When another ending is added after that, Turkish often inserts n before the case ending:

• ihlali + den becomes ihlali+n+den
• so: ihlalinden

This is very normal in Turkish grammar.

Yes, geldi literally means came, from gelmek = to come.

But Turkish uses gelmek in situations where English often uses expressions like:

• arrived
• I got
• showed up
• was issued (depending on context)

So Trafik cezası ... geldi is natural Turkish. In English, you would probably not translate it word-for-word as The traffic fine came unless the context allows it. You would usually say something like I got a traffic fine or A traffic fine was issued.

A helpful breakdown is:

• Trafik cezası = traffic fine
• park ihlalinden = from a parking violation / because of a parking violation
• geldi = came

So the structure is roughly:

• [subject] + [source/cause phrase] + [verb]

Turkish often puts the verb at the end, so this word order is very normal.

Yes. Turkish word order is flexible, although the verb usually stays at the end.

For example:

• Park ihlalinden trafik cezası geldi.

This means the same basic thing, but it puts more focus on park ihlalinden.

The original version:

• Trafik cezası park ihlalinden geldi.

starts with the fine itself, so it feels like the traffic fine is the topic.

Because Turkish does not have articles like English a/an/the.

Whether something is understood as a traffic fine or the traffic fine depends on context.

So:

• Trafik cezası can mean a traffic fine or the traffic fine
• context tells you which one makes more sense

If Turkish wants to emphasize one / a certain one, it can use bir:

• Bir trafik cezası geldi. = A traffic fine came / I got a traffic fine.

Yes, park is commonly used in Turkish in contexts related to parking.

For example:

• park etmek = to park
• park yeri = parking place
• park ihlali = parking violation

So in this sentence, park is functioning as the first part of a noun compound, similar to how English uses nouns to modify other nouns.

Not necessarily. Turkish has a few ways to express similar ideas, depending on context and style.

For example:

• park ihlali = parking violation
• hatalı park = illegal/improper parking
• yanlış park = wrong parking
• park yasağı ihlali = violation of a parking ban

So park ihlali is understandable and natural, but in real-life situations you may also hear other expressions.

Yes, and it would be very similar in meaning.

• park ihlalinden geldi
• park ihlali yüzünden geldi

Both can mean it came because of a parking violation.

The difference is mostly one of style and nuance:

• -den can sound a bit more compact and direct
• yüzünden explicitly means because of, often with a negative sense
• nedeniyle is another formal option: park ihlali nedeniyle

So all of these are possible, but the sentence you were given is a concise and natural Turkish way to express the idea.

It is singular: one traffic fine.

If you wanted the plural, you would say:

• trafik cezaları = traffic fines

So:

• Trafik cezası geldi. = A traffic fine came / I got a traffic fine.
• Trafik cezaları geldi. = Traffic fines came / I got traffic fines.

Geldi is the simple past tense of gelmek.

• gel- = come
• -di = past tense

So geldi = came

This tense is used for completed events in the past. Here, it tells you that the fine already arrived or was issued in the past.