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Mehmed Zeki 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)polis nazırıAnkara · 300 kuruş

    1. polis nazırı

      Ankara · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1904/05 (AH 1322)üçüncü sınıf komiserAnkara
  3. 1905/06 (AH 1323)üçüncü sınıf komiserAnkaraContinuing service described by the source

    1. üçüncü sınıf komiser

      Ankara · Calculated age 33

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1906/07 (AH 1324)üçüncü sınıf komiserAnkaraContinuing service described by the source

    1. üçüncü sınıf komiser

      Ankara · Calculated age 34

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1907/08 (AH 1325)üçüncü sınıf komiser · 3 career entriesAnkara

    1. üçüncü sınıf komiser

      Ankara · Calculated age 35

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. üçüncü sınıf komiser (Azil)

      Ankara · Calculated age 35

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. üçüncü sınıf komiser (Azil)

      Ankara · Calculated age 35

      [1]

  6. 1908/09 (AH 1326)polis nazırıAnkara · 200 kuruş

    1. polis nazırı

      Ankara · Calculated age 36 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1909/10 (AH 1327)polis nazırıAnkara · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. polis nazırı

      Ankara · Calculated age 37 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1910/11 (AH 1328)polis nazırı · 3 career entriesAnkara · 200 kuruş

    1. polis nazırı

      Ankara · Calculated age 38 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. polis nazırı (Azil)

      Ankara · Calculated age 38

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Azil

      · Calculated age 38

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001896/97AH 13141910/11AH 13281896/97 (AH 1314) · polis nazırı · Ankara · age 24 · 300 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · polis nazırı · Ankara · age 36 · 200 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · polis nazırı · Ankara · age 37 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1910/11 (AH 1328) · polis nazırı · Ankara · age 38 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kırşehir [source]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Father’s occupation
emekli [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 175/315, s.315 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
mekâtib-i ibtidâiyye; medrese [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Ankara vilayeti polis [source]
First-salary field
300 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]

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 Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Kırşehir doğumlu devlet adamları

    TÜLAY TERYAKİOĞLU · 2013 · Pages 143, 144

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