Official
Bekir Sıtkı Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Sivas in 1878 (AH 1295). On record 1895 to 1897, 2 annual entries. Death recorded 1897/98.
Archive reference 69_172; 341
Life#
Bekir Sıtkı Efendi was born in Sivas in 1878 (AH 1295). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Mal Muduru.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. 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 Hamidiye in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 17 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Tokat, with 300 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 350 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as Muhabere Memuru. 26 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 2 years with a salary the median is 325 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 16.67 per cent a year on average.
A death is recorded under 1897/98 (AH 1315): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1878 (AH 1295)
- Birthplace
- Sivas
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Mal Muduru
- Death recorded
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- 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
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- Place
- Hamidiye
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | First work | Hamidiye | 300first-salary field |
| 1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Tokat | 300 to 350 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Death recorded | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 17% |
| 1896/97 | 350 | 500 | 400 | 26% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Not drawn. No position recorded: Hamidiye.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.
Named in scholarly works#
No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.
Possible links: 3 entries in 1 work
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları: Bekir Sıtkı EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları: Bekir Sıtkı EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları: Hafız Bekir Sıtkı EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiTokat, 2 shared years
- Osman Faik EfendiTokat, 2 shared years
- Ahmet Hamdi EfendiTokat, 2 shared years
- İbrahim Edhem EfendiTokat, 2 shared years
- Mehmet EfendiTokat, 2 shared years
6 officials in all. Officials recorded in Tokat
Same school recorded
- Abdülaziz Fikri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdülkerim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdülkerim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdullah EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdüssabur Sabri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmet İhsan EfendiSivas, born 1878 (AH 1295)
- Mehmet Süreyya EfendiSivas, born 1878 (AH 1295)
- Mehmet Tevfik EfendiSivas, born 1878 (AH 1295)
- Kasım Sırrı EfendiSivas, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Rıza EfendiSivas, born 1878/79 (AH 1296)
94 officials in all. Officials born in Sivas
Full record
Annual entries (2)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Tokat | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_172; 341 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhabere Memuru | Tokat | 350 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 69_172; 341 |
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)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Bekir Sıtkı Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1295 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | mal muduru | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1312 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1894 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Hamidiye | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1315 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
- 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 2 annual entries of 2 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.