According to Sicil-i Âhval Registers, Jewish Officials in the Ottoman Bureaucracy during the Period of Abdulhamid II

With the era of Tanzimat, the obstacles which prevented the acceptance of the non-Muslims to the bureaucratical body of the state had been started to throw away. Especially the bureaucratic reforms and the acceptance of Ottomanism as a state policy provided to welcome of the non-Muslims to the imperial bureaucracy. Thus, more non-Muslims were adopted to government service. However, until the period of Abdülhamid II, the Jews could not benefit from this process adequately. Sicill-i Ahvâl registers allow us to identify Jewish officers involved in the bureaucracy of Abdülhamid II. Thanks to these registers, we can also be informed about birth places, education levels and bureaucratic careers of the Jewish officiers. In this way, it is possible to determine the reasons for not benefit enough about opportunity for acceptance of the Jewish to Ottoman bureaucracy at the beginning of the Tanzimat era.