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Mehmet Behçet Bey

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. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriTosya
  2. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Aşar stajyeriGöğeri

    1. Aşar stajyeri

      Göğeri · Calculated age 16

      [1]

  3. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Ağnam kol kâtibi · 300 kuruş

    1. Ağnam kol kâtibi

      · Calculated age 17 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1897/98 (AH 1315)İspiransi Fransız Mektebi Türkçe muallimiİstanbul, Beşiktaş · 150 kuruş

    1. İspiransi Fransız Mektebi Türkçe muallimi

      İstanbul, Beşiktaş · Calculated age 22 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  5. 1898/99 (AH 1316)İspiransi Fransız Mektebi Türkçe muallimi · 5 career entriesİstanbul, Beşiktaş · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 150; 230; 400 kuruş

    1. İspiransi Fransız Mektebi Türkçe muallimi

      İstanbul, Beşiktaş · Calculated age 23 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. İspiransi Fransız Mektebi Türkçe muallimi (İstifa)

      İstanbul, Beşiktaş · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  6. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 24 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 400; 600; 700 kuruş

    1. Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibi · 4 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 700; 850; 1,150 kuruş

    1. Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 26 · 700 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,150; 1,300 kuruş

    1. Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare kâtibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 27 · 1,150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare mümeyyiz-i evveliIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,300; 1,450 kuruş
  11. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare mümeyyiz-i sânisiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,450; 1,600 kuruş
  12. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare mümeyyiz-i sânisiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare mümeyyiz-i sânisi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 30 · 1,600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare mümeyyiz-i sânisiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,600; 1,800 kuruş

    1. Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare mümeyyiz-i sânisi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 31 · 1,600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. Undated entriesAğnam kol kâtibi (İnfisal)

    1. Ağnam kol kâtibi (İnfisal)

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

09001,8001892/93AH 13101906/07AH 13241892/93 (AH 1310) · Ağnam kol kâtibi · age 17 · 300 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · İspiransi Fransız Mektebi Türkçe muallimi · İstanbul, Beşiktaş · age 22 · 150 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · İspiransi Fransız Mektebi Türkçe muallimi · İstanbul, Beşiktaş · age 23 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 23 · 150 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 23 · 230 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 23 · 400 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 24 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 25 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 25 · 600 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 25 · 700 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 26 · 700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Hazine-i Hassa Sandık Hatab Ambarı Kalemi kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 26 · 850 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 26 · 850 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 26 · 1,150 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 27 · 1,150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 27 · 1,300 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare mümeyyiz-i evveli · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 28 · 1,300 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare mümeyyiz-i evveli · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 28 · 1,450 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare mümeyyiz-i sânisi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 29 · 1,450 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare mümeyyiz-i sânisi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 29 · 1,600 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare mümeyyiz-i sânisi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 1,600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare mümeyyiz-i sânisi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 31 · 1,600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Hazine-i Hassa Heyet-i İdare mümeyyiz-i sânisi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 31 · 1,800 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Tosya [source]
Birth year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Father’s occupation
Orman muhafaza memuru [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH.SAİD.d.108/185 [1]

Education and languages

Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye diploması; Mekteb-i Sultani tasdiknamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mahalle İbtidai Mektebi; Tosya Rüştiye Mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultani [source]
Education level equivalent
12 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
14 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Tosya [source]
First work year
1889/90 (AH 1307) [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 Defterleri'ne göre Tosyalı memurlar (1879-1909)

    BETÜL MERVE HAMAMCI · 2022 · Pages 33, 34, 35

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