Ceza tutanağı tebligatla birlikte geldi.

Because ceza tutanağı is a noun compound in Turkish.

The pattern is:

• first noun: ceza
• second noun: tutanak
• compound ending on the second noun: -(s)I

So tutanak becomes tutanağı here.

This kind of structure is very common in Turkish:

• kimlik kartı = identity card
• otobüs durağı = bus stop
• polis arabası = police car

So ceza tutanağı means something like the report/document of a penalty/fine. The -ı / -i / -u / -ü-type ending on the second noun is normal in this structure.

Also, the final k in tutanak changes to ğ before a vowel, which is why you get tutanağı.

It is an indefinite noun compound in Turkish.

That means:

• the first noun usually stays unchanged: ceza
• the second noun takes the 3rd person possessive-type ending: tutanağı

Even though this ending looks like possession in English, it does not necessarily mean someone’s report. It is just how Turkish commonly builds noun-noun expressions.

So this is not really:

• the report belonging to the punishment

but rather:

• penalty report
• fine report
• citation document

depending on context.

This is a common Turkish sound change.

The base word is:

• tutanak

When a vowel-starting ending is added, final k often softens to ğ:

• tutanak → tutanağı

You will see this in many words:

• çocuk → çocuğu
• bıçak → bıçağı
• kulak → kulağı

So the change is not special to this sentence; it is a regular pattern.

Tebligatla means with the notification / together with the official notice.

It comes from:

• tebligat
  • -la

The ending -la / -le is the comitative/instrumental ending, often meaning:

• with
• by
• using

Here it means with.

Because the last vowel in tebligat is a, the form is -la, not -le.

So:

• tebligatla = with the notification

Yes, they overlap.

• tebligatla already means with the notification
• birlikte means together

So tebligatla birlikte is literally something like together with the notification.

This combination is very common in Turkish and sounds natural. It often adds a slightly clearer or more emphatic sense of along with or together with, rather than just plain with.

Compare:

• tebligatla geldi = it came with the notification
• tebligatla birlikte geldi = it came together with / along with the notification

The version with birlikte can sound a bit more explicit.

Yes.

These are equivalent:

• tebligatla birlikte
• tebligat ile birlikte

Here, -la/-le is basically the attached form of ile.

So:

• kalemle = kalem ile
• arkadaşımla = arkadaşım ile
• tebligatla = tebligat ile

The attached form is very common in everyday Turkish.

Birlikte means together or together with, depending on context.

Examples:

• Birlikte geldiler. = They came together.
• Benimle birlikte geldi. = He/she came together with me.

In your sentence, it works with tebligatla to mean together with the notification.

Because Turkish normally places the main verb at the end of the sentence.

So the structure here is:

• Ceza tutanağı = subject
• tebligatla birlikte = adverbial phrase
• geldi = verb

That end position for the verb is one of the most basic Turkish sentence patterns.

English:

• The penalty report came together with the notification.

Turkish:

• Ceza tutanağı tebligatla birlikte geldi.

Geldi is the past tense of gelmek (to come).

Breakdown:

• gel- = come
• -di = past tense

So geldi means:

• came
• has come in some contexts, depending on translation style

In this sentence it is 3rd person singular:

• o geldi = he/she/it came

Turkish usually does not need to state the pronoun, so there is no separate word for it here.

Because Turkish often leaves out subject pronouns when they are not needed.

English usually needs:

• It came

Turkish can simply say:

• Geldi

In this sentence, the noun phrase ceza tutanağı already tells you what came, so there is no need for an extra pronoun.

Yes.

The thing that came is ceza tutanağı, so that is the subject.

A rough structure is:

• Ceza tutanağı = the thing that came
• tebligatla birlikte = together with the notification
• geldi = came

So the sentence is centered on the penalty report, not on the notification.

Yes, Turkish word order is flexible, although some versions are more neutral than others.

The given sentence:

• Ceza tutanağı tebligatla birlikte geldi.

is a natural, neutral order.

You could also hear:

• Tebligatla birlikte ceza tutanağı geldi.

This puts more focus on tebligatla birlikte.

Because Turkish uses endings to show relationships, word order can move around for emphasis. But the version you were given is very standard.

Yes, tebligat is a fairly formal/official word.

It is commonly used for:

• official notice
• legal notification
• formal service of notice

So the sentence sounds like something related to administration, law, fines, or official paperwork, not casual everyday conversation.

Not necessarily.

Tebligatla birlikte geldi most naturally suggests that the penalty report came along with the notification, but that can be understood in a few ways depending on context:

• in the same delivery
• at the same time
• as part of the same official communication

So the sentence strongly suggests they arrived together, but it does not by itself specify the exact physical packaging.

Turkish does not use articles the same way English does.

There is no direct equivalent of English the, and a/an is only sometimes expressed with bir.

So ceza tutanağı can mean:

• a penalty report
• the penalty report

and the exact interpretation depends on context.

Likewise, tebligat can be understood as:

• a notification
• the notification

without an article being stated.

The grammar is completely normal everyday Turkish, but the vocabulary is somewhat official because of words like:

• ceza
• tutanak
• tebligat

So a native speaker would find the sentence natural, but would probably associate it with bureaucratic, legal, or administrative situations rather than casual chat.