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Official

İSAK EFENDİ

Jewish (Musevi). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). On record 1903 to 1905, 2 annual entries.

Archive reference 115_119; 235

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Life

İSAK EFENDİ was born in Istanbul in 1879/80 (AH 1297) into the Jewish (Musevi) community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Schooling took four years, at a community school (Millet Mektebi); İSAK also wrote French as well as Turkish and held a qualification (a diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

At about 21, in 1901/02, İSAK began work in Sirkeci, with two unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 50 kuruş. Both annual entries, for 1903/04 and 1904/05, place İSAK in Sirkeci as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru).

Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to a peak of 100 in 1904/05, as Muhabere Memuru in Sirkeci, when 2 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1904/05.

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.

All 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1901/0212Istanbul, Sirkeci

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1879/80 (AH 1297)

  2. Sirkeci

    First work 1901/02 (AH 1319); 1903 to 1905 (AH 1321 to 1322)

    Muhabere Memuru

    50 to 100 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322100 kuruşMuhabere Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 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 İSAK EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1903/04504753500%
1904/051004503502%

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

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of İSAK EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1901/02AH 1319First workSirkeci50first-salary field
1903 to 1905AH 1321 to 1322Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1903/0450
1904/05100
Sirkeci50 to 100

Record

Personal

Born
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Community
Jewish (Musevi)
Nationality as recorded
Yahudi
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Community school
Millet Mektebi (4 years)community school (school of a non-Muslim community)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
2 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
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
1901/02 (AH 1319)
Place
Sirkeci
First salary field (kuruş a month)
50

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.

Possible links: 1 entry in 1 work

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 place, same years

Of the 10 officials with entries in Sirkeci in the same years, İSAK EFENDİ had the lowest salary.

All 52 officials with entries in Sirkeci

Same job title, same years

Of the 990 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, İSAK EFENDİ had the 978th highest salary.

All 3,162 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same school

Of the 263 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, İSAK EFENDİ had the 257th highest salary.

All 263 officials with Millet Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; İSAK EFENDİ had the 1,806th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 1,999 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), İSAK EFENDİ had the 161st highest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (2)

Annual entries of İSAK EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruSirkeci50Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_119; 235
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruSirkeci100Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract115_119; 235
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 İSAK EFENDİ with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameİSAK EFENDİPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1297Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationEsnafRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuseviRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityYahudiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolMillet MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered 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)1319Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1901Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placesirkeciRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)50Recovered 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 2 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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

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