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Turhan Hüsnü 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. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 22

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Petersburg · 200; 2,000 kuruş

    1. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Petersburg Sefareti ikinci kâtibi

      Petersburg · Calculated age 23 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  4. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Petersburg Sefareti ikinci kâtibiPetersburg · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Petersburg Sefareti ikinci kâtibi

      Petersburg · Calculated age 24 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Petersburg Sefareti ikinci kâtibiPetersburg · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Petersburg Sefareti ikinci kâtibi

      Petersburg · Calculated age 25 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Petersburg Sefareti ikinci kâtibi · 2 career entriesPetersburg · 2,000; 3,300 kuruş

    1. Petersburg Sefareti ikinci kâtibi

      Petersburg · Calculated age 26 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Petersburg Sefareti başkâtibi

      Petersburg · Calculated age 26 · 3,300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  7. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Petersburg Sefareti başkâtibiPetersburg · 3,300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Petersburg Sefareti başkâtibi

      Petersburg · Calculated age 27 · 3,300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Petersburg Sefareti başkâtibi · 4 career entriesPetersburg · 3,300; 10,000 kuruş

    1. Petersburg Sefareti başkâtibi

      Petersburg · Calculated age 28 · 3,300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Petersburg Sefareti maslahatgüzarı

      Petersburg · Calculated age 28 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

    3. Petersburg Sefareti maslahatgüzarı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Petersburg · Calculated age 28

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. Petersburg Sefareti başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Petersburg · Calculated age 28

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  9. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Berlin Sefareti başkâtibiBerlin · 3,133 kuruş

    1. Berlin Sefareti başkâtibi

      Berlin · Calculated age 29 · 3,133 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  10. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Berlin Sefareti başkâtibiBerlin · 3,133 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Berlin Sefareti başkâtibi

      Berlin · Calculated age 30 · 3,133 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Berlin Sefareti başkâtibi · 2 career entriesBerlin · 3,133; 12,000 kuruş

    1. Berlin Sefareti başkâtibi

      Berlin · Calculated age 31 · 3,133 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Berlin Sefareti maslahatgüzarı

      Berlin · Calculated age 31 · 12,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  12. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Berlin Sefareti başkâtibi · 6 career entriesBerlin · Viyana · Roma · 3,133; 5,625; 12,000; 20,000 kuruş

    1. Berlin Sefareti başkâtibi

      Berlin · Calculated age 32 · 3,133 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Berlin Sefareti maslahatgüzarı

      Berlin · Calculated age 32 · 12,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Berlin Sefareti maslahatgüzarı

      Berlin · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

    4. Viyana Sefareti maslahatgüzarı

      Viyana · Calculated age 32 · 5,625 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

    5. Viyana Sefareti maslahatgüzarı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Viyana · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    6. Roma sefiri

      Roma · Calculated age 32 · 20,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  13. 1878 (AH 1295)Roma sefiriRoma · 20,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Roma sefiri

      Roma · Calculated age 33 · 20,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Roma sefiriRoma · 20,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Roma sefiri

      Roma · Calculated age 34 · 20,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Roma sefiri · 2 career entriesRoma · 20,000 kuruş

    1. Roma sefiri

      Roma · Calculated age 35 · 20,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Roma sefiri (İnfisal)

      Roma · Calculated age 35

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  16. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Teke mutasarrıfıTeke · 5,000 kuruş

    1. Teke mutasarrıfı

      Teke · Calculated age 36 · 5,000 kuruş

      [1]

  17. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Teke mutasarrıfıTeke · 5,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Teke mutasarrıfı

      Teke · Calculated age 37 · 5,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Teke mutasarrıfıTeke · 5,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Teke mutasarrıfı

      Teke · Calculated age 38 · 5,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Teke mutasarrıfıTeke · 5,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Teke mutasarrıfı

      Teke · Calculated age 39 · 5,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Teke mutasarrıfıTeke · 5,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Teke mutasarrıfı

      Teke · Calculated age 40 · 5,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Teke mutasarrıfı · 2 career entriesTeke · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · 5,000 kuruş

    1. Teke mutasarrıfı

      Teke · Calculated age 41 · 5,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Urfa mutasarrıfı

      Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Calculated age 41 · 5,000 kuruş

      [1]

  22. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Urfa mutasarrıfı · 2 career entriesŞanlıurfa (Urfa) · Madrid · 5,000; 10,000 kuruş

    1. Urfa mutasarrıfı

      Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Calculated age 42 · 5,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Madrid sefiri

      Madrid · Calculated age 42 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  23. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Madrid sefiriMadrid · 10,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Madrid sefiri

      Madrid · Calculated age 43 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  24. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Madrid sefiriMadrid · 10,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Madrid sefiri

      Madrid · Calculated age 44 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  25. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Madrid sefiriMadrid · 10,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Madrid sefiri

      Madrid · Calculated age 45 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  26. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Madrid sefiriMadrid · 10,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Madrid sefiri

      Madrid · Calculated age 46 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  27. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Madrid sefiriMadrid · 10,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Madrid sefiri

      Madrid · Calculated age 47 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  28. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Madrid sefiriMadrid · 10,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Madrid sefiri

      Madrid · Calculated age 48 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  29. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Madrid sefiri · 3 career entriesMadrid · Paris · 10,000 kuruş

    1. Madrid sefiri

      Madrid · Calculated age 49 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  30. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Madrid sefiri · 5 career entriesMadrid · Crete (Girit) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 10,000; 30,000 kuruş

    1. Madrid sefiri

      Madrid · Calculated age 50 · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Girit vali vekili

      Crete (Girit) · Calculated age 50 · 30,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    3. Girit vali vekili (İnfisal)

      Crete (Girit) · Calculated age 50

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    5. Hariciye nazırı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 50 · 30,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  31. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Hariciye nazırı · 4 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Crete (Girit) · 30,000; 40,000 kuruş

    1. Hariciye nazırı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 51 · 30,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Hariciye nazırı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 51 · 40,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

    3. Girit valisi

      Crete (Girit) · Calculated age 51 · 30,000 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Girit valisi (Azil)

      Crete (Girit) · Calculated age 51

      [1]

  32. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Mazuliyet maaşı (Mazuliyet) · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 18,000; 20,000 kuruş

    1. Mazuliyet maaşı (Mazuliyet)

      · Calculated age 52 · 20,000 kuruş

      [1]

  33. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Lahey silahlanmanın genişlemesini önleme konferansı murahhasıLahey
  34. Undated entriesHariciye nazırı (İnfisal) · 4 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Lahey · 20,000 kuruş

    1. Hariciye nazırı (İnfisal)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

020,00040,0001868/69AH 12851896/97AH 13141868/69 (AH 1285) · Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 23 · 200 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · Petersburg Sefareti ikinci kâtibi · Petersburg · age 23 · 2,000 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Petersburg Sefareti ikinci kâtibi · Petersburg · age 24 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1870/71 (AH 1287) · Petersburg Sefareti ikinci kâtibi · Petersburg · age 25 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Petersburg Sefareti ikinci kâtibi · Petersburg · age 26 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Petersburg Sefareti başkâtibi · Petersburg · age 26 · 3,300 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Petersburg Sefareti başkâtibi · Petersburg · age 27 · 3,300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Petersburg Sefareti başkâtibi · Petersburg · age 28 · 3,300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Petersburg Sefareti maslahatgüzarı · Petersburg · age 28 · 10,000 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Berlin Sefareti başkâtibi · Berlin · age 29 · 3,133 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Berlin Sefareti başkâtibi · Berlin · age 30 · 3,133 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Berlin Sefareti başkâtibi · Berlin · age 31 · 3,133 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Berlin Sefareti maslahatgüzarı · Berlin · age 31 · 12,000 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Berlin Sefareti başkâtibi · Berlin · age 32 · 3,133 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Berlin Sefareti maslahatgüzarı · Berlin · age 32 · 12,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Viyana Sefareti maslahatgüzarı · Viyana · age 32 · 5,625 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Roma sefiri · Roma · age 32 · 20,000 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Roma sefiri · Roma · age 33 · 20,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Roma sefiri · Roma · age 34 · 20,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Roma sefiri · Roma · age 35 · 20,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Teke mutasarrıfı · Teke · age 36 · 5,000 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Teke mutasarrıfı · Teke · age 37 · 5,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Teke mutasarrıfı · Teke · age 38 · 5,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Teke mutasarrıfı · Teke · age 39 · 5,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Teke mutasarrıfı · Teke · age 40 · 5,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Teke mutasarrıfı · Teke · age 41 · 5,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Urfa mutasarrıfı · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 41 · 5,000 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Urfa mutasarrıfı · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 42 · 5,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Madrid sefiri · Madrid · age 42 · 10,000 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Madrid sefiri · Madrid · age 43 · 10,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Madrid sefiri · Madrid · age 44 · 10,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Madrid sefiri · Madrid · age 45 · 10,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Madrid sefiri · Madrid · age 46 · 10,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Madrid sefiri · Madrid · age 47 · 10,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Madrid sefiri · Madrid · age 48 · 10,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Madrid sefiri · Madrid · age 49 · 10,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Madrid sefiri · Madrid · age 50 · 10,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Girit vali vekili · Crete (Girit) · age 50 · 30,000 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Hariciye nazırı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 50 · 30,000 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Hariciye nazırı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 51 · 30,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Hariciye nazırı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 51 · 40,000 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Girit valisi · Crete (Girit) · age 51 · 30,000 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Mazuliyet maaşı (Mazuliyet) · age 52 · 20,000 kuruş · Career status entry1896/97 (AH 1314) · Şûra-yı Devlet Mülkiye Dairesi azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 52 · 18,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Tırhala [source]
Birth province
Yanya [source]
Birth year
1845/46 (AH 1262) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH.SAİD.d. 47/84 [1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]
Italian
Aşina [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education detail
Arapça ve Farsça tahsili; hukuk-ı milel, Roma hukuku, antlaşmalar tarihi ve ilm-i servet-i milel [source]
Education
Yanya medreseleri; Zosime (?) Rum Mektebi; Atina Hukuk Mektebi; özel hoca [source]
Qualification
Zosime (?) Rum Mektebi şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
21 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1866/67 (AH 1283) [source]
Apprenticeship
1.75 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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. Sultan II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Osmanlı sefirlerinin tercüme-i halli

    İBRAHİM DENİZ · 2021 · Pages 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87

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