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Yusuf Cemal 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. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakatiTripoli (Trablusgarp)
  2. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakatiTripoli (Trablusgarp) · 220 kuruş
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati

      Tripoli (Trablusgarp) · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakatiTripoli (Trablusgarp) · 220 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati

      Tripoli (Trablusgarp) · Calculated age 22 · 220 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakatiTripoli (Trablusgarp) · 220 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati

      Tripoli (Trablusgarp) · Calculated age 23 · 220 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati · 2 career entriesTripoli (Trablusgarp) · Varna · 220; 700 kuruş
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati

      Tripoli (Trablusgarp) · Calculated age 24 · 220 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Varna Telsiz Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Türkiye memuruVarna · 700 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Varna Telsiz Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Türkiye memuru

      Varna · Calculated age 25 · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Varna Telsiz Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Türkiye memuruVarna · 700; 800 kuruş
    1. Varna Telsiz Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Türkiye memuru

      Varna · Calculated age 26 · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

04008001903/04AH 13211908/09AH 13261903/04 (AH 1321) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati · Tripoli (Trablusgarp) · age 21 · 220 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati · Tripoli (Trablusgarp) · age 22 · 220 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati · Tripoli (Trablusgarp) · age 23 · 220 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati · Tripoli (Trablusgarp) · age 24 · 220 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Varna Telsiz Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Türkiye memuru · Varna · age 24 · 700 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · Varna Telsiz Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Türkiye memuru · Varna · age 25 · 700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Varna Telsiz Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Türkiye memuru · Varna · age 26 · 700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Varna Telsiz Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Türkiye memuru · Varna · age 26 · 800 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kütahya [source]
Birth province
Hüdavendigâr [source]
Birth year
1882/83 (AH 1300) [source]
Father’s occupation
Cebel-i Garbi Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi müdürü [source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:152, s.397 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Italian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Âlâ derecede şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Trablusgarp Vilayeti Askerî Rüştiyesi [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
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Trablusgarp [source]
First work year
1902/03 (AH 1320) [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'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar

    MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 176, 177

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