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Place

Tortum

Place in Erzurum province. Present-day country: Turkey.

5 officials are recorded serving in Tortum. İzzet Şevki Efendi is recorded as 3. Müdür here from 1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314), with 540 to 600 kuruş a month. Born in Kemaliye (Eğin). Salih Vasfi Efendi is recorded as 3. Müdür here in 1896/97, with 540 kuruş a month. Born in Erzurum. Mehmet Dursun Efendi is recorded as Merkez Memuru here in 1897/98, with 200 kuruş a month. Born in Erzurum. Yusuf Efendi is recorded as 3. Müdür here from 1899 to 1901, with 540 kuruş a month. Born in Harput. Ahmet Cemil Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here in 1911/12, with 500 kuruş a month. Born in Hınıs.

Officials serving
5
Annual entries1895 to 1912, AH 1313 to 1330
7
Year with most officials2 officials
1896/97
Median monthly salaryfrom 7 recorded salaries
540 kuruş

This place has too few annual entries for charts. For officials, salaries and jobs in the region seeErzurum province.

Birthplaces and places of service

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Erzurum (2), Harput (1), Hınıs (1), Kemaliye (Eğin) (1).

Ottoman officials recorded here

5 officials, the one with most annual entries here first.

Officials of Tortum
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
İzzet Şevki Efendi1895 to 189723. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)540 to 600Kemaliye (Eğin)
Yusuf Efendi1899 to 190123. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)540Harput
Ahmet Cemil Efendi1911/121Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Hınıs
Mehmet Dursun Efendi1897/981Merkez Memurucentral office official200Erzurum
Salih Vasfi Efendi1896/9713. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)540Erzurum

Years here run from the first to the last annual entry here. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Eleşkirt1
Erzincan1
Payas1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Aşkale1
Kurucay1
Palu1
Pülümür (Kuzucan)1
İspir1
Names, position and identifiers of Tortum
Place
Identifierl-52a6d005907e94bf
Spelling in the cataloguetortum
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceErzurum province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceerzurum
PositionLatitude 40.2956, longitude 41.550295. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
TortumEnglishPreferred nameEditor
TortumTurkishPreferred nameEditor
tortumSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.