Official
Mehmet Sadık Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). On record 1905 to 1907, 2 annual entries.
Archive reference 148-172-339
Life#
Mehmet Sadık Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1905/06 (AH 1323). The official was then about 25 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1905/06, the official was about 25 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1905/06, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 340 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 35 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 320 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 40 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 13.33 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Birthplace
- Kemaliye (Eğin)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Darüşşafaka
- Darüşşafaka (12 years)Darüşşafaka (school for orphans in Istanbul)
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Darüşşafaka
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- French
- kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06AH 1323 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300first-salary field |
| 1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 to 340 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06 | 300 | 475 | 445 | 23% |
| 1906/07 | 340 | 450 | 350 | 35% |
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.
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.
Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Eğinli (Kemaliyeli) Devlet adamları (1820?1854) (ÖMER FERİT İMLAK, 2012). Name as printed: Mehmed Sadık Efendi. Printed page 127, PDF page 140.
Probable link: same name and birthplace
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Abdürreşid EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Ali Naci EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Ali Zihni EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- İbrahim Eşref EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- İsmail Hakkı EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
517 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Abdürreşid EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Ahmet Nuri EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Ali Haydar EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323)
- Ali Naci EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323)
202 officials in all. Officials with Darüşşafaka recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmet Arif EfendiKemaliye (Eğin), born 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Ali Rıza EfendiKemaliye (Eğin), born 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- MEHMET ALİ EFENDİKemaliye (Eğin), born 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Mustafa EfendiKemaliye (Eğin), born 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Osman Nuri EfendiKemaliye (Eğin), born 1882/83 (AH 1300)
63 officials in all. Officials born in Kemaliye (Eğin)
Full record
Annual entries (2)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 148-172-339 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 340 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 148-172-339 |
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 | Mehmet Sadık Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1297 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | egin | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | elazig | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | esnaf | 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 | Darussafaka | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 12 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel 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) | 1323 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1905 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | 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 |
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.
- 1 annual entry 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.