Plaka numarası ceza tutanağında ve dilekçe ekinde aynı.

Plaka numarası means license plate number.

It is a noun + noun construction:

• plaka = plate / license plate
• numara = number
• numarası = its number / the number of it

In Turkish, this kind of structure is very common:

• araba kapısı = the car door
• telefon numarası = phone number
• plaka numarası = license plate number

The second noun takes the 3rd person possessive ending: numara + sı = numarası.

Because Turkish often uses a possessive form in compound nouns.

In English, we just put nouns together:

• license plate number

In Turkish, the equivalent pattern is often:

• plaka numarası = literally plate its-number

So numarası is not necessarily talking about a specific owner; it is just the normal grammar of this noun compound.

Compare:

• ev kapısı = house door
• okul bahçesi = school garden
• kimlik numarası = ID number

Ceza tutanağında means in the penalty report / in the traffic ticket report / on the citation record, depending on context.

It breaks down like this:

• ceza = penalty / fine
• tutanak = report, record, written statement
• tutanağında = in/on the report

More literally:

• tutanak
  • -(s)ı = tutanağı = its report / the report
• tutanağında = in/on the report

The ending -da / -de is the locative case, meaning in, on, at.

Several things are happening at once:

1. tutanak becomes tutanağı
   This is because it is in a possessed form, like in a noun phrase.

2. The final k changes to ğ before a vowel
   This is a common sound change in Turkish:

   • kitap → kitabı
   • ayak → ayağı
   • tutanak → tutanağı

3. Then the locative ending is added:

   • tutanağı + nda → tutanağında

So tutanağında means in/on its report or more naturally in the report.

Dilekçe ekinde means in the attachment to the petition/application or in the appendix attached to the petition.

Parts:

• dilekçe = petition, formal written request, application
• ek = attachment, annex, appendix
• ekinde = in/on the attachment

So:

• dilekçe ekinde = in the attachment to the petition

This is another noun phrase:

• dilekçe eki = the petition’s attachment
• dilekçe ekinde = in the petition’s attachment

Because the sentence is comparing where something appears.

The idea is:

• in the penalty report
• and in the petition attachment

The locative ending -da / -de marks location:

• evde = at home
• masada = on the table
• belgede = in/on the document

So here it tells us the license plate number is the same in both places.

There is no separate verb in the present tense, and that is normal in Turkish.

The sentence ends with:

• aynı = same

So the full meaning is:

• The license plate number is the same in the penalty report and in the petition attachment.

In Turkish, present-tense to be is often omitted in simple statements:

• Hava güzel. = The weather is nice.
• Ben öğrenciyim. = I am a student.
  (Here a personal ending is needed because the subject is a pronoun/person.)
• Plaka numarası aynı. = The license plate number is the same.

So is is understood.

Because aynı is the predicate: the same.

Turkish often puts the most important statement at the end. Here the structure is roughly:

• Plaka numarası = the license plate number
• ceza tutanağında ve dilekçe ekinde = in the penalty report and in the petition attachment
• aynı = the same

So the sentence naturally builds toward the key point: it is the same.

Yes. The Turkish locative -da/-de is broader than English in/on/at.

So depending on context, ceza tutanağında could be:

• in the penalty report
• on the penalty report
• on the citation

Likewise, ekinde could sometimes be:

• in the attachment
• on the attachment

English chooses the preposition based on what sounds natural for that kind of document.

Yes. Ve is the standard Turkish word for and.

Here it connects the two locations:

• ceza tutanağında
• dilekçe ekinde

So:

• ceza tutanağında ve dilekçe ekinde = in the penalty report and in the petition attachment

Yes. Turkish often leaves things compact, especially in formal or bureaucratic language.

A more expanded version could be:

• Plaka numarası ceza tutanağında da dilekçe ekinde de aynı. = The license plate number is the same both in the penalty report and in the petition attachment.

Or even:

• Ceza tutanağındaki ve dilekçe ekindeki plaka numarası aynı. = The license plate number in the penalty report and in the petition attachment is the same.

These versions are a bit more explicit, but the original is perfectly natural.

Turkish does not have definite or indefinite articles like English the and a/an.

So:

• plaka numarası can mean the license plate number
• ceza tutanağında can mean in the penalty report
• dilekçe ekinde can mean in the petition attachment

Whether English uses the, a, or no article at all depends on context and translation style.

Yes, it sounds formal and especially suitable for administrative, legal, or bureaucratic context.

Words like:

• ceza tutanağı
• dilekçe
• ek

are very common in official language.

The sentence is also quite compact, which is typical of document language in Turkish. In everyday casual speech, someone might say it in a more expanded way, but the original sounds very natural in official writing.