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İbrahim Behcet Efendi①

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. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Telgraf ve Postahane stajyeriDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)
  2. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Telgraf ve Postahane stajyeriDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf ve Postahane stajyeri

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 15

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Telgraf ve Postahane stajyeri · 2 career entriesDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 150 kuruş
    1. Telgraf ve Postahane stajyeri

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 16

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Postahane tasfiye memuru

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 16 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Postahane tasfiye memuruDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Postahane tasfiye memuru

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 17 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Postahane tasfiye memuruDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Postahane tasfiye memuru

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 18 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1878 (AH 1295)Postahane tasfiye memuruDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Postahane tasfiye memuru

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 19 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Postahane tasfiye memuruDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Postahane tasfiye memuru

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 20 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Postahane tasfiye memuru · 2 career entriesDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 150; 250 kuruş
    1. Postahane tasfiye memuru

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 21 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe Kalemi mukayyidi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 21 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  9. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Muhasebe Kalemi mukayyidi · 2 career entriesDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 250; 450 kuruş
    1. Muhasebe Kalemi mukayyidi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 22 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 22 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  10. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 23 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 24 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 25 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · 450 kuruş
    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 26 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi

      Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · Calculated age 26 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  14. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi · 2 career entriesAlexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)
    1. İstifa

      · Calculated age 42

      [1]

  15. Undated entriesBidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi · 4 career entriesEnez (İnoz) · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · Xanthi (İskeçe) · 400; 450; 600 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

02254501875/76AH 12921884/85AH 13021875/76 (AH 1292) · Postahane tasfiye memuru · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 16 · 150 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Postahane tasfiye memuru · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 17 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Postahane tasfiye memuru · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 18 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Postahane tasfiye memuru · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 19 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Postahane tasfiye memuru · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 20 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Postahane tasfiye memuru · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 21 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Muhasebe Kalemi mukayyidi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 21 · 250 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Muhasebe Kalemi mukayyidi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 22 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 22 · 450 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 23 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 24 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 25 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 26 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · age 26 · 450 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Dimetoka [source]
Birth year
1859/60 (AH 1276) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 128-102 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Education
Dimetoka ibtidai ve rüşdiye mektepleri [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
Qualification
Diploma alamamış [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

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
Dimetoka [source]
First work year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Apprenticeship
2.3 [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. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar

    SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 128, 129

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