Official
Çaker Efendi
Armenian Christian (Ermeni). Born in Aksaray in 1868/69 (AH 1285). On record 1890 to 1906, 14 annual entries.
Archive reference 0091_0245: 487
Life#
Çaker Efendi was born in Aksaray in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Armenian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Aksaray in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 22 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Memur in Acre (Akka), with 285 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Tripoli (Trablusşam), the salary going from 285 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Acre). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut (Beyrut), with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Tripoli). In 1897/98 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Tripoli, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beirut). In 1902/03 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 340 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Tripoli). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo (Halep), the salary going from 600 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Thessaloniki). No annual entry is recorded for 1891/92 and 1904/05.
The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere Memuru. 73 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 14 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 260 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.17 per cent a year on average.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Birthplace
- Aksaray
- Community
- Armenian Christian (Ermeni)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Community school
- Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 3 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Armenian
- Kitabetwriting
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Place
- Aksaray
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 285
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Zimmet / ve Selanik Sandık Eminliği hesabatı ruyet olundukda yirmi bir bin üç yüz altmış iki kuruş beş pare ile dört yüz Frank kırk santim zemini zuhur etmesine mebni üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Cemaziyelevveli’sinin on dördünde 14 Temmuz sene 1320 açığa çıkarılmış ise de kable’l-muhakeme zimmet-i mezkureyi tamamen tesviye eylemesi cihetiyle; Zimmet
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1323
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88AH 1305 | First work | Aksaray | 285first-salary field |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Memur | Acre (Akka) | 285 |
| No annual entry: 1891/92 (AH 1309) | |||
| 1892 to 1894AH 1310 to 1311 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tripoli (Trablusşam) | 300 |
| 1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 1314 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beirut (Beyrut) | 300 |
| 1897 to 1902AH 1315 to 1319 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tripoli (Trablusşam) | 300 to 340 |
| 1902 to 1904AH 1320 to 1321 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 600 |
| No annual entry: 1904/05 (AH 1322) | |||
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 700 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 | 285 | 500 | 285 | 13% |
| 1892/93 | 300 | 500 | 500 | 17% |
| 1893/94 | 300 | 500 | 500 | 17% |
| 1894/95 | 300 | 500 | 500 | 17% |
| 1895/96 | 300 | 500 | 500 | 17% |
| 1896/97 | 300 | 500 | 495 | 18% |
| 1897/98 | 300 | 500 | 480 | 19% |
| 1898/99 | 300 | 500 | 495 | 19% |
| 1899/1900 | 340 | 500 | 500 | 25% |
| 1900/01 | 340 | 500 | 500 | 25% |
| 1901/02 | 340 | 500 | 480 | 27% |
| 1902/03 | 600 | 500 | 350 | 67% |
| 1903/04 | 600 | 475 | 350 | 67% |
| 1905/06 | 700 | 475 | 330 | 73% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Not drawn. No position recorded: Aksaray.
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
- Şevket EfendiTripoli (Trablusşam), 4 shared years
- Halil Fazıl EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), 3 shared years
- Abdüllatif Lütfü EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), 3 shared years
- Antuan EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), 3 shared years
- Vedi EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), 3 shared years
202 officials in all. Officials recorded in Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Same school recorded
- Abdullah Hıtar EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Balizar EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Cebrail EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Dahan Berhordar EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- İstepan Çakmak EfendiMillet Mektebi, first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308)
262 officials in all. Officials with Millet Mektebi recorded
Full record
Annual entries (14)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Memur | Acre (Akka) | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tripoli (Trablusşam) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tripoli (Trablusşam) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beirut (Beyrut) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beirut (Beyrut) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Beirut (Beyrut) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tripoli (Trablusşam) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tripoli (Trablusşam) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tripoli (Trablusşam) | 340 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tripoli (Trablusşam) | 340 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti | Tripoli (Trablusşam) | 340 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhasebe Kalemi | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Aleppo (Halep) | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_0245: 487 |
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 (17)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Çaker Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1285 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | aksaray1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | konya | 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 | Hristiyan | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Ermeni | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Millet Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 3 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1305 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1888 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Aksaray | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 285 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet / ve Selanik Sandık Eminliği hesabatı ruyet olundukda yirmi bir bin üç yüz altmış iki kuruş beş pare ile dört yüz Frank kırk santim zemini zuhur etmesine mebni üç yüz yirmi iki senesi Cemaziyelevveli’sinin on dördünde 14 Temmuz sene 1320 açığa çıkarılmış ise de kable’l-muhakeme zimmet-i mezkureyi tamamen tesviye eylemesi cihetiyle used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1323 | Later annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
- A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
- Legal notes (later workbook copy)
- A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 14 annual entries of 14 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.