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Official

YUSUF ZİYAEDDİN EFENDİ

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Adana in 1878/79 (AH 1296). On record 1902 to 1904, 2 annual entries.

Life

YUSUF ZİYAEDDİN EFENDİ was born in Adana in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as mudur.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Izmir (İzmir) in 1900/01 (AH 1318). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Mekâtib Memuru in Izmir, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Taahhüt Memuru in Izmir, the salary going from 150 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Mekâtib Memuru in Izmir).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Taahhüt Memuru. 23 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 2 years with a salary the median is 225 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 100 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Birthplace
Adana
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
mudur

Education

Idadi
İdadi Mektebi (9 years)idadi school (preparatory secondary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Middle
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
No

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

Arabic
Kitabetwriting
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)
100

Career

Career of YUSUF ZİYAEDDİN EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1900/01AH 1318First workIzmir (İzmir)100first-salary field
1902/03AH 1320Mekâtib MemuruIzmir (İzmir)150
1903/04AH 1321Taahhüt MemuruIzmir (İzmir)300
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321300 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001902/03AH 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 YUSUF ZİYAEDDİN EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1902/031505002355%
1903/0430047523%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
AdanaIzmir

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

65 officials in all. Officials recorded in Izmir (İzmir)

Same school recorded

132 officials in all. Officials with İdadi Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

7 officials in all. Officials born in Adana

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of YUSUF ZİYAEDDİN EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Mekâtib MemuruIzmir (İzmir)150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_83; 163
1903/04AH 1321Taahhüt MemuruIzmir (İzmir)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_83; 163
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 YUSUF ZİYAEDDİN EFENDİ with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameYUSUF ZİYAEDDİN EFENDİPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1296Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceadanaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthadanaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationmudurRecovered 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)2Recovered 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: placeizmirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)100Recovered 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.
  • 2 annual entries 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.