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Mehmet Behçet 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. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Tahrirat kitabeti mukayyit vekiliBandırma · 80 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kitabeti mukayyit vekili

      Bandırma · Calculated age 21 · 80 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Tahrirat kitabeti mukayyit vekiliBandırma · 80 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kitabeti mukayyit vekili

      Bandırma · Calculated age 22 · 80 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Tahrirat kitabeti mukayyit vekili · 3 career entriesBandırma · 80 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kitabeti mukayyit vekili

      Bandırma · Calculated age 23 · 80 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat kitabeti mukayyit vekili (İnfisal)

      Bandırma · Calculated age 23

      [1]

  4. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Tapu Kalemi mülazımıBandırmaContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu Kalemi mülazımı

      Bandırma · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Tapu Kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesBandırma

    1. Tapu Kalemi mülazımı

      Bandırma · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tapu Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)

      Bandırma · Calculated age 25

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Askerlik hizmeti

      · Calculated age 25

      [1]

  6. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Askerlik hizmetiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik hizmeti

      · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Askerlik hizmetiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik hizmeti

      · Calculated age 27

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Askerlik hizmetiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik hizmeti

      · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Askerlik hizmeti · 2 career entries

    1. Askerlik hizmeti

      · Calculated age 29

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Fahri serçavuş (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 29

      [1]

  10. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Tapu kâtibiKol Kaputancı · 200 kuruş

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Kol Kaputancı · Calculated age 32 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Tapu kâtibiKol Kaputancı · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Kol Kaputancı · Calculated age 33 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Tapu kâtibi · 3 career entriesKol Kaputancı · 200; 250 kuruş

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Kol Kaputancı · Calculated age 34 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tapu kâtibi

      Kol Kaputancı · Calculated age 34 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Tapu kâtibi (Azil)

      Kol Kaputancı · Calculated age 34

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01252501896/97AH 13141909/10AH 13271896/97 (AH 1314) · Tahrirat kitabeti mukayyit vekili · Bandırma · age 21 · 80 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Tahrirat kitabeti mukayyit vekili · Bandırma · age 22 · 80 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Tahrirat kitabeti mukayyit vekili · Bandırma · age 23 · 80 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · Tapu kâtibi · Kol Kaputancı · age 32 · 200 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Tapu kâtibi · Kol Kaputancı · age 33 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Tapu kâtibi · Kol Kaputancı · age 34 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Tapu kâtibi · Kol Kaputancı · age 34 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bandırma [source]
Birth year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Father’s occupation
Bafra kazası binbaşısı [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Bandırma ve İstanbul rüştiye mektepleri [source]

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
Bandırma [source]
First-salary field
80 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
1896/97 (AH 1314) [source]
Apprenticeship
2 [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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Bandırmalı devlet adamları

    ŞERİFE AÇIKGÖZ · 2020 · Pages 99, 100

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