Official
Ömer Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kütahya in 1890/91 (AH 1308). On record 1908 to 1910, 2 annual entries.
Archive reference 189-126-125
Life#
Ömer Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1908/09 (AH 1326). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1908/09, the official was about 17 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1908/09, shows Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Mekâtib Memuru. 33 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 275 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 166.67 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Birthplace
- Kütahya
- 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)
- 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
- 1908/09 (AH 1326)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 150
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908/09AH 1326 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150first-salary field |
| 1908 to 1910AH 1326 to 1327 | Mekâtib Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 to 400 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908/09 | 150 | 350 | 150 | 9% |
| 1909/10 | 400 | 462.5 | 300 | 33% |
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
- Ahmet Cemil BeyIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Mehmet Cevat BeyIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Ahmet Nedim EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Hasan Fehmi EfendiIstanbul, 2 shared years
- Ahmet Muhittin BeyIstanbul, 2 shared years
218 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Hacı Mehmet Fethi EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1908/09 (AH 1326)
- Hasan EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1908/09 (AH 1326)
- Hasan Hilmi EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1908/09 (AH 1326)
- Hasan Nazmi EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1908/09 (AH 1326)
- İhsan EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1908/09 (AH 1326)
202 officials in all. Officials with Darüşşafaka recorded
Same birthplace
- Mustafa Sadrettin EfendiKütahya, born 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Yusuf Cemal EfendiKütahya, born 1882/83 (AH 1300)
- Ziya EfendiKütahya, born 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Mehmet Sait EfendiKütahya, born 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- İbrahim Edhem EfendiKütahya, born 1878 (AH 1295)
19 officials in all. Officials born in Kütahya
Full record
Annual entries (2)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Mekâtib Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-126-125 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Mekâtib Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 189-126-125 |
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 (13)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ömer Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1308 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | kutahya | 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 | 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) | 1326 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 150 | 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.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.