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Mehmet Akif Efendi

Complete career chronology

Life and career

Appointments and amounts remain attached to their sources. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Entries in one year can describe different appointments or rates; gaps remain open.

  1. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiErtugrul · 50 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Ertugrul · Calculated age 17 · 50 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · 2 career entriesErtugrul · 50; 150 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Ertugrul · Calculated age 18 · 50 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nüfus kalemi memuru

      Ertugrul · Calculated age 18 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Nüfus kalemi memuruErtugrul · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Nüfus kalemi memuru

      Ertugrul · Calculated age 19 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Nüfus kalemi memuruErtugrul · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Nüfus kalemi memuru

      Ertugrul · Calculated age 20 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Nüfus kalemi memuruErtugrul · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Nüfus kalemi memuru

      Ertugrul · Calculated age 21 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Nüfus kalemi memuruErtugrul · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Nüfus kalemi memuru

      Ertugrul · Calculated age 22 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Nüfus kalemi memuru · 2 career entriesErtugrul · Bilecik istasyonu · 150; 250 kuruş

    1. Nüfus kalemi memuru

      Ertugrul · Calculated age 23 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstasyon şube kâtibi

      Bilecik istasyonu · Calculated age 23 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  8. Undated entriesAzil · 2 career entries

    1. Azil

      [1]

    2. Mazuliyet

      [1]

Recorded pay

Kuruş · dated amounts. Green: post entries. Purple: retirement. Grey: other career status.

01252501892/93AH 13101898/99AH 13161892/93 (AH 1310) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Ertugrul · age 17 · 50 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Ertugrul · age 18 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Nüfus kalemi memuru · Ertugrul · age 18 · 150 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Nüfus kalemi memuru · Ertugrul · age 19 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Nüfus kalemi memuru · Ertugrul · age 20 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Nüfus kalemi memuru · Ertugrul · age 21 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Nüfus kalemi memuru · Ertugrul · age 22 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Nüfus kalemi memuru · Ertugrul · age 23 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · İstasyon şube kâtibi · Bilecik istasyonu · age 23 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bilecik [source]
Birth province
Hüdavendigâr [source]
Birth year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Father’s occupation
Ertuğrul Sancağı müftüsü [source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 121, s. 447 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye şehadetnamesi; en yüksek dereceyle mezuniyet [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Bilecik Sıbyan Mektebi; Bilecik Rüştiye Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
ertugrul [source]Ertuğrul [1]
First-salary field
50 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1892/93 (AH 1310) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

These accounts retain their own wording and dates. Passages can include family, education, languages, honours and judicial narratives beyond the summary fields. A quotation is evidence from its named account; it does not settle differences between sources.

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan Bilecikli devlet adamları

    MEHMET GEYİK · 2022 · Pages 53, 54

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