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Mehmet Mecit 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. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Haberleşme birimi mülazımıDoğu Karahisar

    1. Haberleşme birimi mülazımı

      Doğu Karahisar · Calculated age 17

      [1]

  2. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Haberleşme birimi mülazımıDoğu KarahisarContinuing service described by the source

    1. Haberleşme birimi mülazımı

      Doğu Karahisar · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Haberleşme birimi mülazımıDoğu KarahisarContinuing service described by the source

    1. Haberleşme birimi mülazımı

      Doğu Karahisar · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Haberleşme birimi mülazımı · 2 career entriesDoğu Karahisar · İneruz · 500 kuruş

    1. Haberleşme birimi mülazımı

      Doğu Karahisar · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhabere Memuru

      İneruz · Calculated age 20 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Muhabere Memuru · 2 career entriesİneruz · Samsun · 380; 500 kuruş

    1. Muhabere Memuru

      İneruz · Calculated age 21 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 21 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Telgraf merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuruSamsun · Shkodër (İşkodra) · 380; 600 kuruş

    1. Telgraf merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 22 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Telgraf merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · Sivas · 600 kuruş

    1. Telgraf merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 23 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf merkezi şefi

      Sivas · Calculated age 23 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  8. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Telgraf merkezi şefi · 3 career entriesSivas · Cizre · 600; 800 kuruş

    1. Telgraf merkezi şefi

      Sivas · Calculated age 24 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Azil

      · Calculated age 24

      [1]

    3. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Cizre · Calculated age 24 · 800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  9. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Azil

    1. Azil

      · Calculated age 26

      [1]

  10. Undated entriesVefatDeath recorded

    1. Vefat

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

04008001889/90AH 13071893/94AH 13111889/90 (AH 1307) · Muhabere Memuru · İneruz · age 20 · 500 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Muhabere Memuru · İneruz · age 21 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Telgraf merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru · Samsun · age 21 · 380 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Telgraf merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru · Samsun · age 22 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Telgraf merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 22 · 600 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Telgraf merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 23 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Telgraf merkezi şefi · Sivas · age 23 · 600 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Telgraf merkezi şefi · Sivas · age 24 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Cizre · age 24 · 800 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
hersek [source]
Birth province
Bosna [source]
Birth year
1870/71 (AH 1287) [source]
Father’s occupation
Doğu Karahisar ceza reisi [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 45/246 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye diploması [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; 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
Doğu Karahisar [source]
First work year
1886/87 (AH 1304) [source]
Apprenticeship
3.1 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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 Ahvâl defterlerine göre Hersek doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları

    GÖKÇE YANARDAĞ · 2024 · Pages 62, 63

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