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MEHMET CEVDET EFENDİ

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Sivas in 1881/82 (AH 1299). On record 1901 to 1904, 3 annual entries.

Archive reference 115_147; 291

Compare MEHMET CEVDET EFENDİ with other officials

Life

MEHMET CEVDET EFENDİ was born in Sivas in 1881/82 (AH 1299), into the Muslim (Müslüman) community, and the father's occupation was "Defterdar". Schooling took nine years, at a preparatory secondary school (İdadi Mektebi); MEHMET CEVDET also held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

Work began in Istanbul in 1900/01, at about 18, with one unpaid year as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 75 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1901/02 to 1903/04 places MEHMET CEVDET in the same post, communications official (Muhabere Memuru), in Istanbul.

The salary went from 75 kuruş a month in 1901/02 to 250 in 1903/04, the peak, as Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, when 14 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 5,700 kuruş, 32 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1903/04.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1900/0112SivasIstanbul

  1. Sivas

    Born 1881/82 (AH 1299)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1900/01 (AH 1318); 1901 to 1904 (AH 1319 to 1321)

    Muhabere Memuru

    75 to 250 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321250 kuruşMuhabere Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321This 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 MEHMET CEVDET EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1901/02755004001%
1902/031505003805%
1903/0425047535014%

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

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of MEHMET CEVDET EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1900/01AH 1318First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)75first-salary field
1901 to 1904AH 1319 to 1321Muhabere Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1901/0275
1902/03150
1903/04250
Istanbul (Dersaadet)75 to 250

Record

Personal

Born
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Birthplace
Sivas
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Defterdar

Education

Idadi
İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year
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

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1900/01 (AH 1318)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
75

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

Of the 747 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, MEHMET CEVDET EFENDİ had the 590th highest salary.

All 1,750 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 1,139 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, MEHMET CEVDET EFENDİ had the 981st highest salary.

All 3,162 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same school

Of the 136 officials with İdadi Mektebi among their schools, MEHMET CEVDET EFENDİ had the 77th highest salary.

All 136 officials with İdadi Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 95 officials born in Sivas, MEHMET CEVDET EFENDİ had the 89th highest salary.

The page of Sivas, with the 95 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), MEHMET CEVDET EFENDİ had the 92nd highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (3)

Annual entries of MEHMET CEVDET EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)75Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_147; 291
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_147; 291
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_147; 291
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)

Recorded values of MEHMET CEVDET EFENDİ with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMEHMET CEVDET EFENDİPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1299Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacesivasRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthsivasRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationDefterdarRecovered 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)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1318Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1900Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)75Recovered 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.

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