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Official

İzzet Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Diyarbakır in 1884/85 (AH 1302). On record 1906 to 1909, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 153-180-355

Life

İzzet Efendi was born in Diyarbakır in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 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: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Beyoğlu in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1906/07, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1906/07, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1908/09 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum, the salary going from 100 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1908/09 as Muhabere Memuru. 60 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 350 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 100 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 400 kuruş, is seen in 1908/09. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 123.61 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Birthplace
Diyarbakır
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Telgraf Memuru

Education

Idadi
İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
4 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
1902/03 (AH 1320)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
100

Career

Career of İzzet Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1902/03AH 1320First workBeyoğlu100first-salary field
1906 to 1908AH 1324 to 1325Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1906/07100
1907/08100
Beyoğlu100
1908/09AH 1326Muhabere MemuruErzurum500
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This 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 İzzet Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1906/071004503002%
1907/081003002504%
1908/0950035025060%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
DiyarbakırErzurumBeyoğlu

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

86 officials in all. Officials recorded in Beyoğlu

Same school recorded

132 officials in all. Officials with İdadi Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

71 officials in all. Officials born in Diyarbakır

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of İzzet Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract153-180-355
1907/08AH 1325Muhabere MemuruBeyoğlu100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract153-180-355
1908/09AH 1326Muhabere MemuruErzurum500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract153-180-355
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 İzzet Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİzzet EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1302Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacediyarbakirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdiyarbakirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationTelgraf 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
Schoolidadi MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling9Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)4 used on this pageRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0 other valueRecovered annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1320Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1902Recovered 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.