Official
Mehmet Edip Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Karacabey (Mihaliç) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). On record 1897 to 1906, 9 annual entries.
Archive reference 120-69-133
Life#
Born in Karacabey (Mihaliç) in 1876/77 (AH 1293), Mehmet Edip Efendi came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Mehmet Edip had 12 years of schooling, at Darüşşafaka, the school for orphans in Istanbul, attended the telegraph school as well, and wrote French as well as Turkish.
At about 21, in 1897/98, Mehmet Edip began work in Galata, paid from the start, on 200 kuruş a month. Every annual entry from 1897/98 to 1905/06 places Mehmet Edip in the same office, stamp clerkship (Pul Kitabeti), in Galata.
Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to a peak of 440 in 1901/02, in the Pul Kitabeti in Galata, when 45 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.
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.
Born 1876/77 (AH 1293)
First work 1897/98 (AH 1315); 1897 to 1906 (AH 1315 to 1323)
200 to 440 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years
Career and salary#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98 | 200 | 500 | 220 | 9% |
| 1898/99 | 400 | 500 | 300 | 31% |
| 1899/1900 | 400 | 500 | 375 | 31% |
| 1900/01 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1901/02 | 440 | 500 | 400 | 45% |
| 1902/03 | 440 | 500 | 400 | 45% |
| 1903/04 | 440 | 475 | 400 | 46% |
| 1904/05 | 440 | 450 | 400 | 47% |
| 1905/06 | 440 | 475 | 420 | 47% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98AH 1315 | First work | Galata | 200first-salary field |
| 1897 to 1906AH 1315 to 1323 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 200 to 440 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Birthplace
- Karacabey (Mihaliç)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
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
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Place
- Galata
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 200
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 93 officials with entries in Galata in the same years, Mehmet Edip Efendi had the 51st highest salary.
- Ahmet Avni Efendi9 shared years; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Unnamed official (0067_0246; sayfa no:489)9 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Dikran Arakilyan Efendi9 shared years; highest salary 1,300 kuruş
- Mıgırdıç Tanfiraki9 shared years; highest salary 1,300 kuruş
- Hasan Tevfik Bey9 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 36 officials with the title Pul Kitabeti in the same years, Mehmet Edip Efendi had the 20th highest salary.
- Mehmet Emin Efendi9 shared years; highest salary 550 kuruş
- Rıfat Efendi9 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ali Nuri Efendi9 shared years; highest salary 440 kuruş
- Şakir Efendi9 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Todoraki Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
Same school
Of the 203 officials with Darüşşafaka among their schools, Mehmet Edip Efendi had the 112th highest salary.
- Aziz İhsan Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Beşir Fuat Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 400 kuruş
- İbrahim Hakkı Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 450 kuruş
- İbrahim Halil Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Musa Şevket Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 500 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 4 officials born in Karacabey (Mihaliç), Mehmet Edip Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendiborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Mesut Efendiborn 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Mustafa Şükrü Efendiborn 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
The page of Karacabey (Mihaliç), with the 4 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 88 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), Mehmet Edip Efendi had the 40th highest salary.
- Cafer Efendifirst entry in Galata; highest salary 200 kuruş
- Mustafa Asım Efendifirst entry in Galata; highest salary 530 kuruş
- Yusuf Ziya Efendifirst entry in Galata; highest salary 340 kuruş
- Ahmet Nefi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 150 kuruş
- Kurtoğlu İsmail Hakkı Efendifirst entry in Rize; highest salary 800 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (9)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 200 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-69-133 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-69-133 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-69-133 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-69-133 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 440 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-69-133 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 440 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-69-133 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 440 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-69-133 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 440 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-69-133 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Pul Kitabeti | Galata | 440 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 120-69-133 |
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 | Mehmet Edip Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1293 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | mihalic | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | hudavendigar | 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) | 1315 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1897 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Galata | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 200 | 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.
- 9 annual entries of 9 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Mehmet Edip Efendi
- Stamp clerkship (Pul Kitabeti)
- Galata
- Karacabey (Mihaliç)
- Darüşşafaka
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)