Dimetokan officials according to the Sicill-i Ahval Registiries

The Ottoman Empire expanded its territory from all sides, especially to the West, with the concept of a universal state. With this idea, Dimetoka was taken by Hacı İlbey in 1361 and became Ottoman territory during the period of Orhan Gazi. Dimetoka first fell into Bulgarian hands with the Balkan Wars and remained a Turkish homeland for more than 500 years until it was given to Greece in 1922. After the capture of Edirne, Dimetoka became a district of Edirne and became the door opening to the Balkans in terms of socio-cultural, political and architectural understanding of the Ottoman Empire and continued this feature until the last period of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman State kept books indicating the duties, salaries, appointment status, awards received, and promotions of the civil servants working in its bureaucracy with the reforms it carried out after the Tanzimat. These studies, called the Sicill-i Ahval Book, began to be kept regularly after the reign of Abdulhamid II and continued until the collapse of the state, and the civil servants were effectively controlled and the highest productivity was obtained from the civil servants. The civil servant biographies recorded in these books begin with the addition of an acceptable document called the "Tercüme-i Hal Varakası", which the civil servants are required to submit after their appointment. It includes information such as the appointments, places of duty, duties held, promotions received, awards, punishments, and salary status of the individuals during their time in the civil service. These books, kept by the Sicill-i Ahval Commission, are located in the Ottoman Archives section of the Presidency of the State Archives of the Republic of Turkey. This study aims to evaluate the biographies of Dimetoka civil servants included in the Sicill-i Ahval Registers. Within the scope of the study, records of 82 civil servants registered in the Dimetoka population were found. Information was provided about the educational, social, economic and bureaucratic status of these civil servants. In this context, the information obtained was evaluated and written in sections. Keywords: Dimetoka, Sicill-i Ahval Registers, Hacı İlbey, II. Abdülhamit