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Mehmed Ökkeş 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. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Ziraat Bankası şubesi muvakkat kâtibiŞanlıurfa (Urfa) · 150 kuruş
  2. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Ziraat Bankası şubesi muvakkat kâtibi · 2 career entriesŞanlıurfa (Urfa) · 150; 250 kuruş

    1. Ziraat Bankası şubesi muvakkat kâtibi

      Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Calculated age 21 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi

      Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Calculated age 21 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiŞanlıurfa (Urfa) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi

      Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Calculated age 22 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiŞanlıurfa (Urfa) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi

      Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Calculated age 23 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiŞanlıurfa (Urfa) · 250; 300 kuruş

    1. Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi

      Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Calculated age 24 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi

      Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiŞanlıurfa (Urfa) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi

      Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Calculated age 25 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiŞanlıurfa (Urfa) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi

      Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Calculated age 26 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi · 2 career entriesŞanlıurfa (Urfa) · Birecik · 300 kuruş

    1. Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi

      Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Calculated age 27 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi · 4 career entriesŞanlıurfa (Urfa) · Birecik · 300; 600 kuruş

    1. Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi

      Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Calculated age 28 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekili

      Birecik · Calculated age 28

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Birecik · Calculated age 28

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

      Birecik · Calculated age 28 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  10. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibiBirecik · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

      Birecik · Calculated age 29 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibiBirecik · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

      Birecik · Calculated age 30 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibiBirecik · 600; 700 kuruş

    1. Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

      Birecik · Calculated age 31 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

      Birecik · Calculated age 31 · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  13. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibiBirecik · Acre (Akka) · 700 kuruş

    1. Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

      Birecik · Calculated age 32 · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 32 · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  14. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibiAcre (Akka) · 700 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 33 · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · 2 career entriesAcre (Akka) · 700; 1,000 kuruş

    1. Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 34 · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti muhasebe idaresi birinci sınıf kâtibi

      · Calculated age 34 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  16. 1911 (AH 1329)Evkaf idaresi muhasebe memuruÜsküdar · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Evkaf idaresi muhasebe memuru

      Üsküdar · Calculated age 36 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  17. 1911/12 (AH 1330)Evkaf idaresi muhasebe memuru · 3 career entriesÜsküdar · Beyoğlu · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Evkaf idaresi muhasebe memuru

      Üsküdar · Calculated age 37 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evkaf idaresi meclis memuru

      Beyoğlu · Calculated age 37 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  18. Undated entriesEvkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti muhasebe idaresi birinci sınıf kâtibi · 1,000 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001895/96AH 13131911/12AH 13301895/96 (AH 1313) · Ziraat Bankası şubesi muvakkat kâtibi · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 20 · 150 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Ziraat Bankası şubesi muvakkat kâtibi · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 21 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 21 · 250 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 22 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 23 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 24 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 24 · 300 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 25 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 26 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 27 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 28 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · Birecik · age 28 · 600 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · Birecik · age 29 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · Birecik · age 30 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · Birecik · age 31 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · Birecik · age 31 · 700 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · Birecik · age 32 · 700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 32 · 700 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 33 · 700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 34 · 700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Evkaf-ı Hümayun Nezareti muhasebe idaresi birinci sınıf kâtibi · age 34 · 1,000 kuruş1911 (AH 1329) · Evkaf idaresi muhasebe memuru · Üsküdar · age 36 · 1,500 kuruş1911/12 (AH 1330) · Evkaf idaresi muhasebe memuru · Üsküdar · age 37 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1911/12 (AH 1330) · Evkaf idaresi meclis memuru · Beyoğlu · age 37 · 1,500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kilis [source]
Birth year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tabur kâtibi [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİDd. 131/209 [1]

Education and languages

Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Âlâ dereceli rüşdiye şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Kilis sıbyan mektebi; Rumkale rüşdiyesi; Urfa Cami-i Kebir medresesi [source]

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
Şanlıurfa [source]Urfa [1]
First-salary field
150 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1895/96 (AH 1313) [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. Sicili Ahval kayıtlarına göre Kilisli memurlar

    MEHMET YILMAZ · 2022 · Pages 81, 82, 83

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