Official
Mehmet Lutfu Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Volos (Golos) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). On record 1891 to 1904, 13 annual entries.
Archive reference 0087_0100, sayfa no:197
Life#
Mehmet Lutfu Efendi was born in Volos (Golos) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Izmir. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Izmir (İzmir) in 1890/91 (AH 1308): Telgraf. The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 21 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale, with 285 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aydın, the salary going from 285 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale). In 1896/97 the record shows Asker (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aydın). In 1899/1900 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Aydın, with 540 kuruş a month (before: Asker). In 1900/01 the record shows 3. Müdür in Soma, the salary going from 540 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Aydın). In 1902/03 the record shows 3. Müdür in Çine, the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Soma). In 1903/04 the record shows 3. Müdür in Nazilli, with 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Çine).
The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as 3. Müdür. 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 10 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 140 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.8 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1870/71 (AH 1287)
- Birthplace
- Volos (Golos)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Ketebe
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school); place of the school as worded: izmir
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- 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
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Place
- Izmir (İzmir)
- First job as worded
- Telgraf
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 21
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 285
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 285
Notes from the record
- Merit and competence grade (recorded code)
- 1
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Telgraffirst work | Izmir (İzmir) | 285first-salary field |
| 1891 to 1893AH 1309 to 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Çanakkale | 285 |
| 1893 to 1896AH 1311 to 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Aydın | 380 to 400 |
| 1896 to 1899AH 1314 to 1316 | Asker | ||
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Merkez Memuru | Aydın | 540 |
| 1900 to 1902AH 1318 to 1319 | 3. Müdür | Soma | 600 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | 3. Müdür | Çine | 500 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 3. Müdür | Nazilli | 500 |
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 15% |
| 1892/93 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 15% |
| 1893/94 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 25% |
| 1894/95 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1895/96 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1899/1900 | 540 | 500 | 540 | 60% |
| 1900/01 | 600 | 500 | 540 | 67% |
| 1901/02 | 600 | 500 | 540 | 67% |
| 1902/03 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 49% |
| 1903/04 | 500 | 475 | 540 | 51% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
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Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Mustafa Asım EfendiAydın, 4 shared years
- Ahmet Necip EfendiAydın, 3 shared years
- Haci Ömer EfendiAydın, 3 shared years
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendi Bin AbdullahAydın, 3 shared years
- Recep Kenan EfendiAydın, 3 shared years
48 officials in all. Officials recorded in Aydın
Same school recorded
- Abdüllatif EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Abdülvahap EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Abdürrauf EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Abdurrezak Bey EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Ahmet EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Aziz EfendiVolos (Golos), born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Yorkiyadi Yorkiyadi EfendiVolos (Golos), born 1842/43 (AH 1258)
- Huseyin sevki EfendiVolos (Golos), born 1835/36 (AH 1251)
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Çanakkale | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0100, Sayfa No:197 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhabere Memuru | Çanakkale | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0100, Sayfa No:197 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhabere Memuru | Aydın | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0100, Sayfa No:197 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhabere Memuru | Aydın | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0100, Sayfa No:197 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Aydın | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0100, Sayfa No:197 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Asker | Military (Askeriye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0087_0100, Sayfa No:197 | ||
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Asker | Military (Askeriye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0087_0100, Sayfa No:197 | ||
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Asker | Military (Askeriye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0087_0100, Sayfa No:197 | ||
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Merkez Memuru | Aydın | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0100, Sayfa No:197 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 3. Müdür | Soma | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0100, Sayfa No:197 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | 3. Müdür | Soma | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0100, Sayfa No:197 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | 3. Müdür | Çine | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0100, Sayfa No:197 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 3. Müdür | Nazilli | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0087_0100, Sayfa No:197 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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 (25)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Lutfu Efendi | Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1287 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | galos | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Galos | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Yanya | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Yanya | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | yanya | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Ketebe | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Place of the school | izmir | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1308 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1891 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | izmir | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | izmir | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | izmir | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | aydin | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Telgraf | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 21 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 285 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 285 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Other recorded values | ||
| Merit and competence grade (recorded code) | 1 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- 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.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.