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Mehmet Yekta Efendi

55_170; 337Preserved archival reference
Cross-institution personnel record
A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Yekta Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1253 (1837–1838). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Sibyan Mektebi. The surviving career record covers 32 distinct AH years in AH 1282–1313 (1865–1896); it begins with 4. Sinif Teftis Memuru in Istanbul (350 kuruş monthly). 1. Sinif Polis Komiseri appears later, in AH 1308 (1890–1891), with 800 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye NezâretiArchival reference as recorded: 55_170; 337

Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset.

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This official is newly included from the cross-institution personnel records. No Post and Telegraph appointment is established by this source.

Life and career

32 recorded AH years · 32 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years
  1. AH 1253 (1837–1838)
  2. AH 1282 (1865–1866)Birth-year difference: 29 AH years
  3. AH 1283 (1866–1867)Birth-year difference: 30 AH years
  4. AH 1284–1293 (1867–1877)Birth-year difference: 31–40 AH years
  5. AH 1294–1296 (1877–1879)Birth-year difference: 41–43 AH years
  6. AH 1297–1307 (1879–1890)Birth-year difference: 44–54 AH years
  7. AH 1308–1313 (1890–1896)Birth-year difference: 55–60 AH years

Each stage retains its recorded place, title and institutional group. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same institution, title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1282 (1865–1866)

4. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbul · 350 kuruş monthly

AH 1282 (1865–1866)4. Sinif Teftis Memuruistanbul · 350 kuruş / month
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0400800AH 1282 (1865–1866)AH 1282(1865–1866)AH 1287 (1870–1871)AH 1287(1870–1871)AH 1292 (1875–1876)AH 1292(1875–1876)AH 1298 (1880–1881)AH 1298(1880–1881)AH 1303 (1885–1886)AH 1303(1885–1886)AH 1308 (1890–1891)AH 1308(1890–1891)AH 1313 (1895–1896)AH 1313(1895–1896)AH 1282 (1865–1866) · Police: 350 kuruş / month · 4. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbul350 kuruşAH 1283 (1866–1867) · Police: 400 kuruş / month · 3. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1284 (1867–1868) · Police: 570 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1285 (1868–1869) · Police: 570 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1286 (1869–1870) · Police: 570 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1287 (1870–1871) · Police: 570 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1288 (1871–1872) · Police: 570 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1289 (1872–1873) · Police: 570 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1290 (1873–1874) · Police: 570 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1291 (1874–1875) · Police: 570 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1292 (1875–1876) · Police: 570 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1293 (1876–1877) · Police: 570 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1294 (1877–1878) · Police: 750 kuruş / month · 1. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1295 (1878) · Police: 750 kuruş / month · 1. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1296 (1878–1879) · Police: 750 kuruş / month · 1. Sinif Teftis Memuru · istanbulAH 1297 (1879–1880) · Police: 650 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1298 (1880–1881) · Police: 650 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1299 (1881–1882) · Police: 650 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1300 (1882–1883) · Police: 650 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1301 (1883–1884) · Police: 650 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1302 (1884–1885) · Police: 650 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1303 (1885–1886) · Police: 650 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1304 (1886–1887) · Police: 650 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1305 (1887–1888) · Police: 650 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1306 (1888–1889) · Police: 650 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1307 (1889–1890) · Police: 650 kuruş / month · 2. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1308 (1890–1891) · Police: 800 kuruş / month · 1. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1309 (1891–1892) · Police: 800 kuruş / month · 1. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1310 (1892–1893) · Police: 800 kuruş / month · 1. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1311 (1893–1894) · Police: 800 kuruş / month · 1. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1312 (1894–1895) · Police: 800 kuruş / month · 1. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbulAH 1313 (1895–1896) · Police: 800 kuruş / month · 1. Sinif Polis Komiseri · istanbul

Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years within the same recorded institution only; hollow points mean salary not recorded. Competing entries in one AH year remain separate points, without a unique pay-change line. Gregorian spans describe whole AH years; source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

  1. Title 4. Sinif Teftis Memuru → 3. Sinif Teftis Memuru

    Salary 350 to 400 kuruş +50 (+14.29%)

  2. Title 3. Sinif Teftis Memuru → 2. Sinif Teftis Memuru

    Salary 400 to 570 kuruş +170 (+42.5%)

  3. Title 2. Sinif Teftis Memuru → 1. Sinif Teftis Memuru

    Salary 570 to 750 kuruş +180 (+31.58%)

  4. Title 1. Sinif Teftis Memuru → 2. Sinif Polis Komiseri

    Salary 750 to 650 kuruş -100 (-13.33%)

  5. Title 2. Sinif Polis Komiseri → 1. Sinif Polis Komiseri

    Salary 650 to 800 kuruş +150 (+23.08%)

A title change is not automatically a promotion; a locality change is not a reconstructed journey.

Places in this record

AH 1282 (1865–1866)4. Sinif Teftis Memuruistanbul · 350 kuruş / month

No usable coordinates are recorded. Every locality remains listed below.

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

  • Locality record

Every recorded locality remains visible in the key. Hollow markers show candidate coordinates; these are not resolved locations. Overlapping markers are offset for legibility; a small anchor and leader retain the source coordinate. Coastlines provide modern geographic context.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 55_170; 337

Collection retained in the coded personnel source: BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. The archive reference is reproduced as recorded in the coded personnel dataset.

Decoration and legal-record evidence

Decoration wording is not recorded in the linked text fields.

Legal-record notes and indicators

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

Legal wording and source descriptions

Linked-source legal-record code field (meaning unverified)

Cross-institution personnel records

  • Recorded code 0 · AH 1282–1313 (1865–1896)

Rank and honour codes

Original values across linked assertions, including zero; meanings are unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.

Rank code (meaning unverified)
0 / 3 / 5
Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)
0
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)
0
Medal code (meaning unverified)
0
Rank, nişan, medal and merit source descriptions

Associated year values locate the recorded assertion; they are not award dates.

Rank code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1282–1308 (1865–1891)
  • Recorded code 3
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1313 (1895–1896)
  • Recorded code 5
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1309–1312 (1891–1895)

Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1282–1313 (1865–1896)

Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1282–1313 (1865–1896)

Medal code (meaning unverified)

  • Recorded code 0
    Cross-institution personnel records · AH 1282–1313 (1865–1896)

About these sources

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme
Sibyan Mektebi
Schooling duration
4 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship
2 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator
Not recorded
Telegraph school indicator
Not recorded
Father’s occupation
Not recorded
Recorded birth year
AH 1253 (1837–1838)
Religion wording
Musluman
Nationality wording
Turkish

Schooling and apprenticeship numbers are source duration/classification fields. No dated education or training event is inferred. No completion date is inferred from a schooling duration.

Explicit source fields

First-work and entry-pay fields

The recorded first-job fields are shown separately below.

Original personnel workbook

Recorded first job

Department / title wording
Jandarma
Workbook first-job year
1278 (calendar unverified)
Associated salary field
350 kuruş

The first-job wording and associated amount are recorded separately from the first-salary field and annual pay.

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Recorded language repertoire

1 field contains historical terms.

Turkish
Kitabet (writing)

Only recorded terms are shown. Omitted language fields mean not recorded; they do not establish that the official lacked a language. Original competency wording is preserved; Kitabet (writing), Tekellum (speaking) and Asina (familiarity) are cautious historical glosses, not modern proficiency levels. Workbook language notes remain separately source-linked in the additional evidence. Read the terminology note.

Additional source evidence

Occupation wording, status assertions and original records

Occupation wording and source categories

Recorded first-job wording

  • Jandarma

First-work year value (calendar unverified)

  • 1278

First-job salary field (undated)

  • 350
All additional source assertions, language notes and original codes

Additional source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45. This is separate from the annual data edition.

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Recorded fieldOriginal valueSource description and year
Rank code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1282–1308 (1865–1891)
Rank code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning3Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1313 (1895–1896)
Rank code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning5Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1309–1312 (1891–1895)
Mecidi nişanı code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1282–1313 (1865–1896)
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1282–1313 (1865–1896)
Medal code (meaning unverified)Unverified code meaning0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1282–1313 (1865–1896)
Recorded first-job wordingRecorded source assertionJandarmaCross-institution personnel records
AH 1282–1313 (1865–1896)
First-work year value (calendar unverified)Recorded source assertion1,278Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1282–1313 (1865–1896)
First-job salary field (undated)Recorded source assertion350Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1282–1313 (1865–1896)
Legal-record code (meaning unverified)Recorded source assertion0Cross-institution personnel records
AH 1282–1313 (1865–1896)

Evidence & edition

Personnel records and their differences

How to read the dates, birth-year differences and salaries

AH years are the ordering clock. Birth-year differences subtract uncontested AH birth and event year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays. Separately recorded first-job age fields can use a different or unresolved convention and are not substituted into this calculation. Gregorian spans identify the calendar years touched by the whole AH year, using the tabular Islamic calendar. Original source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence. The first-work field may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service, and does not establish the beginning of PT service.

Salaries are monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash disbursements. Differences between annual entries are not dated promotions or transfers.

Collection membership

Website edition
Current collective-biography edition
Personnel records
Linked source record
Annual display sources
Cross-institution personnel records
Paper sample
Outside the paper sample
Other archival labels
No different label recorded
Geography
Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence

How to read this dossier

The website joins the exact archival identity across editions. Names are attributes and never merge records. Linked cross-institution entries carry their own source and institutional group; they do not replace Post and Telegraph entries. Geographic alternatives, missing values and differences remain evidence rather than silent corrections.

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Recorded values and source alternatives (12)
FieldOriginal stored valuePersonnel record
Recorded nameMehmet Yekta EfendiArchival reference 55_170; 337
Linked source record
Recorded birth year (AH)1253AH 1253 (1837–1838)Archival reference 55_170; 337
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Recorded birthplaceistanbulArchival reference 55_170; 337
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Recorded nationality wordingTurkishArchival reference 55_170; 337
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Recorded religion wordingMuslumanArchival reference 55_170; 337
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Recorded school or programmeSibyan MektebiArchival reference 55_170; 337
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Recorded schooling duration4Archival reference 55_170; 337
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Recorded apprenticeship duration2Archival reference 55_170; 337
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First-work year value (calendar unverified)1278Archival reference 55_170; 337
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Recorded first-job wordingJandarmaArchival reference 55_170; 337
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Recorded first-job salary field350Archival reference 55_170; 337
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Recorded language field: TurkishKitabetArchival reference 55_170; 337
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Original recorded values

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference: 55_170; 337. Linked cross-institution coded personnel records; original wording and differing assertions are retained.

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Fatih Kansoy, Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Mehmet Yekta Efendi”. BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 55_170; 337. Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset. Annual edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45; additional source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45. https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-e7e05cade1699259/ Cross-institution source edition: ottoman-ministry-extension-8b250fab8a7eae45.

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. Archival reference as recorded: 55_170; 337
Linked coded personnel records; the collection and archival reference are reproduced as recorded in the source dataset.

Stable archival reference: 55_170; 337. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.