Official
Mehmet Talat Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Uşak in 1885/86 (AH 1303). On record 1908/09, 1 annual entry.
Archive reference 152-179-353
Life#
Mehmet Talat Efendi was born in Uşak in 1885/86 (AH 1303) into the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a director (müdür). Work began in Samsun in 1906/07, at about 20, paid from the start, on 300 kuruş a month. The one annual entry, for 1908/09, places Mehmet Talat in Ioannina (Yanya) as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru), on 300 kuruş a month.
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
One annual entry, for 1908/09 (AH 1326): Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), with 300 kuruş a month. Institution: Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf).
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1885/86 (AH 1303)
- Birthplace
- Uşak
- 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)
- 0 years
- 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
- 1906/07 (AH 1324)
- Place
- Samsun
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 300
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same post (job title and place), same years
Of the 6 officials who held Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya) in the same years, Mehmet Talat Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.
- Abdülkerim Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 400 kuruş
- MUSA KÂZIM EFENDİ1 shared year; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mustafa Asım Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 300 kuruş
- ABDULLAH LÜTFÜ EFENDİ1 shared year; highest salary 200 kuruş
- Mehmet Kemal Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 200 kuruş
Same place, same years
Of the 8 officials with entries in Ioannina (Yanya) in the same years, Mehmet Talat Efendi had the 4th highest salary.
- Unnamed official (8-150;293)1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Süleyman Sırrı Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Abdülkerim Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 400 kuruş
- MUSA KÂZIM EFENDİ1 shared year; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mustafa Asım Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 300 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 205 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Talat Efendi had the 70th highest salary.
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey1 shared year; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mustafa Nuri Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Osman Hulusi Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Hacı Ahmet Cevdet Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 850 kuruş
- Besim Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 800 kuruş
Same school
Of the 136 officials with İdadi Mektebi among their schools, Mehmet Talat Efendi had the 56th highest salary.
- Ahmet Suphi Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ali Saib Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 240 kuruş
- Mehmet Ataullah Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Mehmet Cemalettin Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 700 kuruş
- Mehmet Hızır Naili Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 200 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 3 officials born in Uşak, Mehmet Talat Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Mehmet Adil Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet Nuri Efendiborn 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 500 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1908/09 (AH 1326), Mehmet Talat Efendi had the 35th highest salary.
- ABDULLAH LÜTFÜ EFENDİfirst entry in Ioannina (Yanya); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Mehmet Kemal Efendifirst entry in Ioannina (Yanya); highest salary 200 kuruş
- MUSA KÂZIM EFENDİfirst entry in Ioannina (Yanya); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Süleyman Sırrı Efendifirst entry in Ioannina (Yanya); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Cemil Efendifirst entry in Ağrı (Karakilise); highest salary 500 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (1)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Muhabere Memuru | Ioannina (Yanya) | 300 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 152-179-353 |
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 | Mehmet Talat Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1303 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | usak | 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 |
| Father's occupation | mudur | 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 | idadi mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 9 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 2 other value | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1324 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier 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.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Mehmet Talat Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Ioannina (Yanya)
- Uşak
- Idadi school (İdadi Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)