Official
Recep Tevfik Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Samsun in 1883/84 (AH 1301). On record 1904 to 1907, 3 annual entries.
Archive reference 149-97-189
Life#
Recep Tevfik Efendi was born in Samsun in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Mahkeme Memuru.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Samsun in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1904/05, the official was about 20 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1904/05, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), with 300 kuruş a month.
The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere 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 450 kuruş. Over 3 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 1906/07, when 25 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Birthplace
- Samsun
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Mahkeme Memuru
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 7 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
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
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Place
- Samsun
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98AH 1315 | First work | Samsun | 300first-salary field |
| 1904 to 1907AH 1322 to 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904/05 | 300 | 450 | 350 | 23% |
| 1905/06 | 300 | 475 | 330 | 23% |
| 1906/07 | 300 | 450 | 300 | 25% |
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.
Named in scholarly works#
No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.
Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Samsunlu devlet memurları (1879-1909) (MERVE ÖZİNAN, 2026). Name as printed: Recep Tevfik Efendi. Printed page 25, PDF pages 36, 49 and 99.
Probable link: same name, birthplace and birth year (within one year)
What the work records:
- Birth recorded in 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Father named 'Mustafa Neşet Efendi' (PDF page 36)
- Father's occupation as worded: 'Samsun Bidayet Mahkemesi Azası' (PDF page 36)
- Languages as worded: 'Türkçe okuryazar' (PDF page 49)
- Schools as listed: 'Sıbyan Mektebi'; 'Samsun Rüştiye Mektebi' (PDF page 49)
- Post as worded: 'Samsun Telgrafhanesi' (PDF page 99)
- Post as worded: 'Beyrut Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhasebe Memuriyeti'; pay in the same row of the table: 300 kuruş (PDF page 99)
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Tevfik Şahin EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), 3 shared years
- Mehmet Emin EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), 3 shared years
- Kâmil EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), 3 shared years
- Unnamed official (0157_0216; 427)Beirut (Beyrut), 3 shared years
- Abdülhafız EfendiBeirut (Beyrut), 3 shared years
50 officials in all. Officials recorded in Beirut (Beyrut)
Same school recorded
- Abdülcabbar EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1904/05 (AH 1322)
- Abdülhalim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1904/05 (AH 1322)
- Abdullah Nazım EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1904/05 (AH 1322)
- Abdurrahman Sırrı EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1904/05 (AH 1322)
- Ahmet İhsan EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1904/05 (AH 1322)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ali Mazhar EfendiSamsun, born 1884/85 (AH 1302)
- Mustafa Neşet EfendiSamsun, born 1885/86 (AH 1303)
- Mehmet Veysi EfendiSamsun, born 1886/87 (AH 1304)
- Musa Kâzım EfendiSamsun, born 1888/89 (AH 1306)
- Hafız Recep Recai EfendiSamsun, born 1869/70 (AH 1286)
9 officials in all. Officials born in Samsun
Full record
Annual entries (3)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 149-97-189 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 149-97-189 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Beirut (Beyrut) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 149-97-189 |
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 | Recep Tevfik Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1301 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | samsun | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | trabzon | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | mahkeme memuru | 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 | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 7 | 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 | Samsun | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 300 | 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.
- 2 annual entries of 3 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.