 It was also used by the Serbian revolutionaries as "Bimbaša" () in 1804–1817.Since the restructuring of the modern Turkish Army in 1934, "Binbaşı" means major; but in the Ottoman Army (and in the pre-1934 Turkish Army, during the early years of the Turkish Republic) the more correct equivalent of the Western rank "major" was "Kolağası" (senior captain), which ranked above "Yüzbaşı" (captain) and below "Binbaşı".When the rank "Kolağası" was removed from the Turkish Army in 1934, the rank "Binbaşı" was relegated to major (before 1934, the rank "Binbaşı" was also considered an equivalent of lieutenant colonel.)