Official
Rakis Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Talas in 1863/64 (AH 1280). On record 1902 to 1906, 4 annual entries.
Archive reference 116_112; 221
Life#
Rakis Efendi was born in Talas in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Armenian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Sabah Gazetesi in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 26 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 800 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 39 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 500 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki).
The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Seyyar Memur. 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 4 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.27 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1863/64 (AH 1280)
- Birthplace
- Talas
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Armenian
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1889/90 (AH 1307)
- Place
- Sabah Gazetesi
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 800
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90AH 1307 | First work | Sabah Gazetesi | 800first-salary field |
| 1902 to 1905AH 1320 to 1322 | Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Seyyar Memur | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 600 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/03 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 49% |
| 1903/04 | 500 | 475 | 400 | 51% |
| 1904/05 | 500 | 450 | 400 | 52% |
| 1905/06 | 600 | 475 | 540 | 67% |
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
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 4 shared years
- Mustafa Nazmi EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 4 shared years
- Unnamed official (0087_0149, sayfa no:295.)Thessaloniki (Selanik), 4 shared years
- Unnamed official (0086_0163: 321)Thessaloniki (Selanik), 4 shared years
- Hafız Şehabettin EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 4 shared years
118 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Same school recorded
- Ananyan Ropen EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Anastaş EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Bedi’ EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- DANYAL HAİM EFENDİMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
- Hamit EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1902/03 (AH 1320)
262 officials in all. Officials with Millet Mektebi recorded
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_112; 221 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_112; 221 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_112; 221 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Seyyar Memur | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 116_112; 221 |
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 (14)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Rakis Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1280 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | talas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | ankara | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Esnaf | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Ermeni | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Millet Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1307 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1890 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Sabah Gazetesi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 800 | Recovered 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.
- 4 annual entries of 4 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.