Official
Koceoglu Kirkor Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1844/45 (AH 1260). On record 1868 to 1880, 13 annual entries.
Archive reference 0002_0005; 8
Life#
Koceoglu Kirkor Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1844/45 (AH 1260). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni).
Schooling recorded: Hukuk Mektebi (School of Law), with 14 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Paris. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1868/69 (AH 1285): Adliye. The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 24 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Mazbata Memuru in Istanbul, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1870/71 the record shows Sulh Mahkemesi Azasi in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 500 to 1,250 kuruş a month (before: Mazbata Memuru in Istanbul). In 1871/72 the record shows Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 1,250 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Sulh Mahkemesi Azasi in Beyoğlu). In 1878/79 the record shows Istatistik Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul, the salary going from 3,000 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi in Beyoğlu).
The highest salary, 3,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1871/72 as Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi. 96 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 550 kuruş. Over 13 years with a salary the median is 3,000 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 1,750 kuruş, is seen in 1871/72. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.25 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1879/80, when 93 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 2, 3; Mecidi order (recorded code): 4.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
Education
- Higher or professional
- Hukuk Mektebi (14 years)School of Law; place of the school as worded: Paris
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Other High
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- Yes
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Armenian
- Kitabetwriting
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First job as worded
- Adliye
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 25
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 500
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 500
Honours and ranks
- Rank (recorded code)
- 2; 3
- Mecidi order (recorded code)
- 4
Notes from the record
- Merit and competence grade (recorded code)
- 1
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Adliyefirst work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500first-salary field |
| 1868 to 1870AH 1285 to 1286 | Mazbata Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Sulh Mahkemesi Azasi | Beyoğlu | 1,250 |
| 1871 to 1878AH 1288 to 1295 | Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi | Beyoğlu | 3,000 |
| 1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297 | Istatistik Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,500 to 2,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69 | 500 | 600 | 450 | 40% |
| 1869/70 | 500 | 600 | 41% | |
| 1870/71 | 1,250 | 600 | 84% | |
| 1871/72 | 3,000 | 550 | 96% | |
| 1872/73 | 3,000 | 550 | 97% | |
| 1873/74 | 3,000 | 500 | 96% | |
| 1874/75 | 3,000 | 535 | 96% | |
| 1875/76 | 3,000 | 530 | 96% | |
| 1876/77 | 3,000 | 582.5 | 96% | |
| 1877/78 | 3,000 | 560 | 2,500 | 96% |
| 1878 | 3,000 | 600 | 95% | |
| 1878/79 | 2,500 | 600 | 93% | |
| 1879/80 | 2,000 | 500 | 93% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Andon Körkis EfendiBeyoğlu and 1 other place, 11 shared years
- Andon Tomasyan EfendiBeyoğlu and 1 other place, 10 shared years
- Marko Lansa EfendiBeyoğlu, 9 shared years
- Manuk Filcancıyan EfendiBeyoğlu, 9 shared years
- Ohannes Holas EfendiBeyoğlu, 9 shared years
483 officials in all. Officials recorded in Beyoğlu
Same school recorded
- Kostaki Vayaki EfendiHukuk Mektebi, first annual entry 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- ismail Hakki BeyHukuk Mektebi, first annual entry 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Kirkor Abdullah EfendiHukuk Mektebi, first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Vicin Hako ciyan EfendiHukuk Mektebi, first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299)
- Hafiz Mehmet Bahaettin EfendiHukuk Mektebi, first annual entry 1886/87 (AH 1304)
19 officials in all. Officials with Hukuk Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdullah Hamit EfendiIstanbul, born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Ahmet Nuri EfendiIstanbul, born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Bagdik Maksut EfendiIstanbul, born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Dikran EfendiIstanbul, born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Edvar Konunyan EfendiIstanbul, born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (13)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Mazbata Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0005; 8 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Mazbata Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0005; 8 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Sulh Mahkemesi Azasi | Beyoğlu | 1,250 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0005; 8 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi | Beyoğlu | 3,000 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0005; 8 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi | Beyoğlu | 3,000 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0005; 8 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi | Beyoğlu | 3,000 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0005; 8 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi | Beyoğlu | 3,000 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0005; 8 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi | Beyoğlu | 3,000 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0005; 8 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi | Beyoğlu | 3,000 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0005; 8 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi | Beyoğlu | 3,000 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0005; 8 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi | Beyoğlu | 3,000 | Justice (Adliye) | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 0002_0005; 8 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Istatistik Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0005; 8 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Istatistik Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0002_0005; 8 |
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 (28)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Koceoglu Kirkor Efendi | Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1260 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | dersaadet used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | istanbul other value | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Ermeni | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Hukuk Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Place of the school | Paris | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 14 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1285 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1868 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | istanbul | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Adliye | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 25 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 500 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 500 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Honours | ||
| Rank (recorded code) | 2 used on this page | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Rank (recorded code) | 3 other value | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Mecidi order (recorded code) | 4 | 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 2 annual entries of 13 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.