This is the 4699th most frequent Turkish word.
cezalarına
"To their punishments."
Here, 'cezalarına' refers to the third-person plural punishments and indicates possession (their punishments).
Öğrenciler, okul kurallarına uymadığı için cezalarına katlanmak zorunda kaldılar.
The students had to endure their punishments because they did not follow the school rules.
In this sentence, 'cezalarına' again denotes the possessive form (their penalties), pointing to a direct relationship to the players ('oyuncuların').
Hakem oyuncuların cezalarına karar verdi.
The referee decided on the players' punishments.
Here, 'cezalarına' implies possession (their unjust punishments) while also showing the unjust nature by context.