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Illustration of Ottomans from

Elbicei Atika. Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, par Jean Brindesi

Plate 10

Baş Karakollutçu	Karakollukçu	Orta Sakasi
Bach-Karakoulouktchou	Karakoulouktchou	Orta Sakassi
Marmiton en chef (Officier)	Marmitons	Porteur d'eau (Officier)
Chief Cook's Assistant (Officer)	Cook's Assistants	Water Carrier (Officer)

Baṣ-Eski or Baṣ-Karakullukçu was a title given to the oldest of the Orta. The holder enjoyed great consideration and influence in the Orta, and, according to Marsigli, it was up to him to carry the standard.
It was the Baṣ-Eskilers who had the command of the Kara-Kols or guardhouses of the capital, and hence their name of Baṣ-Karakullukçu.
kullukçu = servant (plural -lar)
Source: État militaire ottoman depuis la fondation de l'Empire jusqu'a nos jours (1882) by A. Djevad Bey