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Temyiz Mahkemesi Azasi

Group of job titles: Justice and legal affairs

8 officials held the job title Temyiz Mahkemesi Azasi. Its 44 annual entries run from 1864 to 1909 (AH 1281 to 1326). The median of the 44 recorded monthly salaries is 5,000 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 10 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 99 per cent of the other officials with a salary in the same year. Half of the officials have an entry in it in no more than 5 different years, and a quarter in 8 or more. It was the first title on record for 0 per cent of the officials and the last for 38 per cent. The entries name 5 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 3.

Officials
8
Years on recordAH 1281 to 1326, 27 years with an entry
1864 to 1909
Median monthly salary10× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
5,000 kuruş
Places with officials
5
First job title on recordfor 0 of the 8 officials
0%

Profile of the group: Justice and legal affairs

No source read describes Temyiz Mahkemesi Azasi by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.

Officials of the courts and offices of the Ministry of Justice (Adliye), created on 14 February 1870 from the court Divan-ı Ahkam-ı Adliye. The new courts (nizamiye) were set up in the provinces from the 1860s.

History

The regulation of 21 May 1879 organised the ministry as the Ministry of Justice and Sects (Adliye ve Mezahib Nezareti), with an undersecretary, a corresponding secretary, directors for criminal and civil affairs, for the records of officials and for documents, and an accountant. The commercial courts came under the ministry in 1875.

Sources

  1. Findley, Carter V. (1980). Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire: The Sublime Porte, 1789-1922. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Pages or part: 178. Used for: summary.
  2. Yavuz, Hulusi (1988). Adliye Nezâreti. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 1, 389-390. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 389. Used for: summary, history.
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 44 recorded monthly salaries is 5,000 kuruş, the mean 4,468 kuruş.
02,0004,0006,0001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13254,000 kuruş in 1908/09Temyiz Mahkemesi Azasi, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Temyiz Mahkemesi Azasi
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1864/6513,0003,0003,0003,000625
1865/6613,0003,0003,0003,000650
1866/6713,0003,0003,0003,000600
1867/6813,0003,0003,0003,000600
1868/6913,0003,0003,0003,000600
1869/7013,0003,0003,0003,000600
1870/7113,0003,0003,0003,000600
1884/8515,0005,0005,0005,000500
1885/8615,0005,0005,0005,000500
1886/8715,9005,9005,9005,900500
1887/8835,0005,3005,0005,450500
1888/8945,0005,2255,0005,225500
1889/9035,0005,3005,0005,450500
1890/9135,0005,0005,0005,000500
1891/9235,0005,0005,0005,000500
1892/9325,0005,0005,0005,000500
1893/9425,0005,0005,0005,000500
1894/9525,0005,0005,0005,000500
1895/9625,0005,0005,0005,000500
1896/9724,5004,5004,5004,500500
1897/9824,5004,5004,5004,500500
1903/0413,0003,0003,0003,000475
1904/0513,0003,0003,0003,000450
1905/0613,0003,0003,0003,000475
1906/0713,0003,0003,0003,000450
1907/0813,0003,0003,0003,000300
1908/0914,0004,0004,0004,000350

Salaries are nominal monthly amounts in kuruş, as assigned. The thick line is the median of each year and the thin line the mean. A year with fewer than 5 recorded salaries is drawn as an open mark and is not joined to the line.

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary in this job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
100%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

8 officials with a salary, each counted once in the band of the median of the official's salaries in this job. A bar runs from its number to the next; the last is 2,500 kuruş and more. Most officials (100%) are in the band 2,500 kuruş and more.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Temyiz Mahkemesi Azasi by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10000%3%
100 to 20000%10%
200 to 30000%17%
300 to 40000%18%
400 to 50000%17%
500 to 75000%23%
750 to 1,00000%5%
1,000 to 1,50000%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more8100%1%

The median of the 44 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 5,000 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 10× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 8.42× and 10×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 99% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median10×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×8×16×Share of paid officials earning less99%0%25%50%75%100%

The dot is the median, the box the middle half of the entries. Dashed lines: the collection median of the same years (1×) and the middle of the paid officials (50%).

Where the job was held

All years
5 places with officials on record, 5 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) Other place
BeyoğluIstanbul (Dersaadet)İzmitKonya3 officials1 official

All 5 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Beyoğlu3
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
İzmit1
Konya1
Üsküdar1

Career paths: the titles just before and after

The number is the officials who made the move. Under it, the median change of the monthly salary: the first salary of the later title less the last salary of the earlier one, where at least 5 moves have both.

Held just before

The title of the entries just before a run of Temyiz Mahkemesi Azasi. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Temyiz Mahkemesi Azasi. The 6 titles with most officials, of 8 moves in all.

  1. Istinaf Mahkemesi Azasi2
  2. Istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti2
  3. Adliye Mufettisi1
  4. Bahriye Mahkemsi Riyaseti1
  5. Encumeni Adliye Riyaseti1
  6. Meclis Zabita Azasi1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Temyiz Mahkemesi Azasi. Pay: the change on moving from Temyiz Mahkemesi Azasi to that title. The 4 titles with most officials, of 4 moves in all.

  1. Istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti1
  2. Kadi1
  3. Mutasarrif1
  4. Surayi Devlet Azasi1

Of the 12 moves shown, 0 cross at least one year without an annual entry; nothing is known about those years. Two posts held in the same years are not counted as a move.

Time in the job

Years with an entry in the job
5 yearsmedian over 8 officials
A quarter of the officials
8 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
11 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it0%0 officials
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it38%3 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 8 officials with a place recorded88%7 officials

Years are years with an annual entry in the job, each counted once for an official. They need not follow one another, and nothing is known about a year without an entry. With two posts in the first or last year, both count.

Who held the job

Officials of this jobWhole collection

Community

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)75%6
  2. Armenian Christian (Ermeni)13%1
  3. Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)13%1

Age at the first annual entry in the job

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 190%0
  3. 20 to 240%0
  4. 25 to 290%0
  5. 30 to 3413%1
  6. 35 to 390%0
  7. 40 and over88%7

Province of birth

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province38%3
  2. Aleppo (Halep) province13%1
  3. Ankara province13%1
  4. Biga province13%1
  5. Thessaloniki (Selanik) province13%1
  6. Thessaly (Teselya) province13%1

Schooling

8 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%. The groups of the schools recorded for each official.

  1. Primary50%4
  2. Community school13%1
  3. Higher or professional13%1
  4. Religious school (medrese)13%1
  5. Rüşdiye13%1

Languages

8 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.

  1. Turkish100%8
  2. French38%3
  3. Armenian13%1
  4. English13%1
  5. German13%1
  6. Italian13%1

Qualification

7 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.

  1. No100%7

Source of the record

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. Post and Telegraph88%7
  2. Cross-ministry workbook13%1

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1888/89 (AH 1306) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 27.
012341868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13254 in 1888/89Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Temyiz Mahkemesi Azasi
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1864/65 (AH 1281)111
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1866/67 (AH 1283)101
1867/68 (AH 1284)101
1868/69 (AH 1285)101
1869/70 (AH 1286)101
1870/71 (AH 1287)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)111
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)111
1887/88 (AH 1305)323
1888/89 (AH 1306)414
1889/90 (AH 1307)303
1890/91 (AH 1308)313
1891/92 (AH 1309)303
1892/93 (AH 1310)202
1893/94 (AH 1311)202
1894/95 (AH 1312)202
1895/96 (AH 1313)202
1896/97 (AH 1314)202
1897/98 (AH 1315)202
1903/04 (AH 1321)111
1904/05 (AH 1322)101
1905/06 (AH 1323)101
1906/07 (AH 1324)101
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1908/09 (AH 1326)101

An official is counted once in a year. First recorded is the first year in which the collection has an annual entry of the official on this page. It is not a hiring date.

Places

Places of Temyiz Mahkemesi Azasi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province3211886 to 1909
BeyoğluIstanbul (Dersaadet) province3181864 to 1898
KonyaKonya province121884 to 1886
ÜsküdarIstanbul (Dersaadet) province121869 to 1871
İzmitİzmit province111888/89

Ottoman officials recorded

8 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Temyiz Mahkemesi Azasi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Muftuzade Mehmet Hilmi Efendi1887 to 1898114,500 to 5,000Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
Suleyman Resat Bey1887 to 1898114,500 to 5,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Tevfik Bey1864 to 187173,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Andon Efendi1903 to 190963,000 to 4,000Ankara
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1886 to 189045,900Veria (Karaferye)
Hasan Edip Efendi1884 to 188625,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yorkiyadi Yorkiyadi Efendi1890 to 189225,000Volos (Golos)
Emrullah Efendi1888/8915,000Biga

Years run from the first to the last annual entry. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.

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