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Official

Halil Hakkı Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kemah in 1875/76 (AH 1292). On record 1896 to 1906, 10 annual entries.

Life

Halil Hakkı Efendi was born in Kemah in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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 Niğde in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Akşehir, with 250 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as Muhabere Memuru. 13 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 10 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Birthplace
Kemah
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 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
1894/95 (AH 1312)
Place
Niğde
First salary field (kuruş a month)
250

Career

Career of Halil Hakkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1894/95AH 1312First workNiğde250first-salary field
1896 to 1906AH 1314 to 1323Muhabere Memuru
10 entries
YearSalary
1896/97250
1897/98250
1898/99250
1899/1900250
1900/01250
1901/02250
1902/03250
1903/04250
1904/05250
1905/06250
Akşehir250
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322250 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322This 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 Halil Hakkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1896/9725050040013%
1897/9825050040014%
1898/9925050040013%
1899/190025050040012%
1900/0125050040013%
1901/0225050040014%
1902/0325050038015%
1903/0425047535014%
1904/0525045035014%
1905/0625047533014%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KemahAkşehirNiğde

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.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

Officials recorded in Akşehir

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

19 officials in all. Officials born in Kemah

Full record

Annual entries (10)

Annual entries of Halil Hakkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruAkşehir250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract121-121-237
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruAkşehir250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract121-121-237
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruAkşehir250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract121-121-237
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruAkşehir250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract121-121-237
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruAkşehir250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract121-121-237
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruAkşehir250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract121-121-237
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruAkşehir250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract121-121-237
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruAkşehir250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract121-121-237
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruAkşehir250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract121-121-237
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruAkşehir250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract121-121-237
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 Halil Hakkı Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHalil Hakkı EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1292Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacekemahRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birtherzurumRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationEsnafRecovered 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
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered 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)1312Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1894Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeNigdeRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)250Recovered 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.
  • 10 annual entries of 10 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.