Official
Halil Edip Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kastamonu in 1884/85 (AH 1302). On record 1907 to 1909, 2 annual entries.
Archive reference 151-182-359
Life#
Halil Edip Efendi was born in Kastamonu in 1884/85 (AH 1302). 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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Galata in 1907/08 (AH 1325). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1907/08, the official was about 22 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1907/08, shows Mekâtib Memuru in Galata, with 300 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Mekâtib Memuru. 39 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1908/09, when 36 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Birthplace
- Kastamonu
- 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
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1907/08 (AH 1325)
- Place
- Galata
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 250
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907/08AH 1325 | First work | Galata | 250first-salary field |
| 1907 to 1909AH 1325 to 1326 | Mekâtib Memuru | Galata | 300 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907/08 | 300 | 300 | 110 | 39% |
| 1908/09 | 300 | 350 | 150 | 36% |
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
- Ali Rıza EfendiGalata, 2 shared years
- Hasan Tevfik BeyGalata, 2 shared years
- Ahmet Avni EfendiGalata, 2 shared years
- Mıgırdıç TanfirakiGalata, 2 shared years
- Dikran Arakilyan EfendiGalata, 2 shared years
19 officials in all. Officials recorded in Galata
Same school recorded
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1907/08 (AH 1325)
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1907/08 (AH 1325)
- Mehmet Ali EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1907/08 (AH 1325)
- Mehmet Cemaleddin EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1907/08 (AH 1325)
- Mehmet Fuat EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1907/08 (AH 1325)
202 officials in all. Officials with Darüşşafaka recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmet İhsan EfendiKastamonu, born 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Ahmet Kamil EfendiKastamonu, born 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Mehmet Rıfkı EfendiKastamonu, born 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Mehmet Şükrü EfendiKastamonu, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Memduh EfendiKastamonu, born 1876/77 (AH 1293)
33 officials in all. Officials born in Kastamonu
Full record
Annual entries (2)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Mekâtib Memuru | Galata | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 151-182-359 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Mekâtib Memuru | Galata | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 151-182-359 |
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 | Halil Edip Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1302 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | kastamonu | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | kastamonu | 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) | 1325 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1907 | 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) | 250 | 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.