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Official

İsmail Hakkı Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1888/89 (AH 1306). On record 1907 to 1910, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 189-64-63

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Life

İsmail Hakkı Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1888/89 (AH 1306), into the Muslim (Müslüman) community, and the father's occupation was "gazhane memuru". Schooling took seven years, at the Feyziye Mektebi; İsmail Hakkı also wrote French as well as Turkish and held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

İsmail Hakkı began work in Beyoğlu in 1904/05, at about 16, paid from the start, on 100 kuruş a month. From the first annual entry, for 1907/08, to 1909/10, every annual entry places İsmail Hakkı in the same post, communications official (Muhabere Memuru), in Beyoğlu.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1907/08 to a peak of 300 in 1909/10, as Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, when 15 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 6,000 kuruş, 44 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
12Istanbul, Beyoğlu

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1888/89 (AH 1306)

  2. Beyoğlu

    First work 1904/05 (AH 1322); 1907 to 1910 (AH 1325 to 1327)

    Muhabere Memuru

    100 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327300 kuruşMuhabere Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of İsmail Hakkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1907/081003002504%
1908/091003502503%
1909/10300462.530015%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of İsmail Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1904/05AH 1322First workBeyoğlu100first-salary field
1907 to 1910AH 1325 to 1327Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1907/08100
1908/09100
1909/10300
Beyoğlu100 to 300

Record

Personal

Born
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
turkish
Father's occupation
gazhane memuru

Education

Other named school
Feyziye Mektebi (7 years)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Middle
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
Yes

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

French
Kitabetwriting
Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1904/05 (AH 1322)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
100

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

Of the 48 officials with entries in Beyoğlu in the same years, İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 21st highest salary.

All 460 officials with entries in Beyoğlu

Same job title, same years

Of the 483 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 160th highest salary.

All 3,162 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same school

Of the 3 officials with Feyziye Mektebi among their schools, İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the highest salary.

All 3 officials with Feyziye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 1,419th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 1,999 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1907/08 (AH 1325), İsmail Hakkı Efendi had the 22nd highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of İsmail Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1907/08AH 1325Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-64-63
1908/09AH 1326Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-64-63
1909/10AH 1327Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract189-64-63
What the sources named in this table are
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.

Sources and original values (15)

Recorded values of İsmail Hakkı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİsmail Hakkı EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1306Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationgazhane memuruRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityturkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
Schoolfeyziye mektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)3 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1322Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1904Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placebeyogluRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)100Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
Earlier annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Personnel attributes extract
The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.

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