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Official

Ömer Kemalettin Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Çorlu in 1877/78 (AH 1294). On record 1900 to 1903, 3 annual entries.

Life

Ömer Kemalettin Efendi was born in Çorlu in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Çorlu in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhabere Memuru in Skopje (Üsküp), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows 3. Müdür in Podpoda, the salary going from 300 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Skopje).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 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 3 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 41.42 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Birthplace
Çorlu
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
5 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
No

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
1895/96 (AH 1313)
Place
Çorlu
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of Ömer Kemalettin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1895/96AH 1313First workÇorlu300first-salary field
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)300
1901 to 1903AH 1319 to 13203. Müdür
2 entries
YearSalary
1901/02600
1902/03600
Podpoda600
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 1320600 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 1320This 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 Ömer Kemalettin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1900/0130050040018%
1901/0260050054067%
1902/0360050054067%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
ÇorluPodpodaSkopje

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

16 officials in all. Officials recorded in Podpoda

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

9 officials in all. Officials born in Çorlu

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of Ömer Kemalettin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract105_133_263
1901/02AH 13193. MüdürPodpoda600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract105_133_263
1902/03AH 13203. MüdürPodpoda600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract105_133_263
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 (13)

Recorded values of Ömer Kemalettin Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameÖmer Kemalettin EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1294Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacecorluRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthedirneRecovered 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
SchoolRusdiye 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)5Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1313Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1895Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placecorluRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered 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.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 3 annual entries of 3 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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