Official
Mehmet Burhanettin Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). On record 1896 to 1909, 11 annual entries.
Archive reference 0091_155: 307
Life#
Mehmet Burhanettin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 19 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Posta Memuru in Galata, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1900/01 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 400 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Galata). In 1901/02 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 450 to 585 kuruş a month (before: Ittihat Posta Memuru in Edirne). In 1904/05 the record shows Muallim in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 585 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Ittihat Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1908/09 the record shows Muallim in Konya, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muallim in Thessaloniki). No annual entry is recorded for 1899/1900 and 1903/04.
The highest salary, 585 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Ittihat Posta Memuru. 67 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 11 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 135 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1908/09, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Darüşşafaka
- Darüşşafaka (12 years)Darüşşafaka (school for orphans in Istanbul)
- Higher or professional
- Telgraf Mektebitelegraph school; recorded as a code
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Darüşşafaka
- 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
- 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Hırsızlık / harp mektebi hademesi Murat Şahin tarafından mektup derununa konulan yüz kırk kuruşluk banknotu sirkat eylediği muma-ileyhin ifadesinden anlaşıldığından bin üç yüz on yedi senesi Zilhicce’sinin altısında 24 Mart sene 316 idareten azledildiği; Zimmet / Harp mektebi hademesinden Şahin tarafından mektup derununa konulan yüz kuruşluk banknotu sirkat eylediği iddia olunmasına naşi Beyoğlu merkezi müdüriyetince icra kılınan tahkikatı muhtevi evrakın lefiyle mevrud takrir üzerine azlolunduğu ve fakat hakkında takibat-ı kanuniye icra olunmayarak azliyle iktiza kılındığı ve ahiren on beş nefer muhabere memurunun hin-i tayininde muma-ileyhin dahi açıktaki memuriyetiyle beraber müracaatı üzerine 24 Temmuz sene 316 tarihinde nasılsa meclis-i idarece Edirne Posta ittihat memuriyetine tayin edildiği anlaşılmış ise de sirkat fiilinin faili olduğu meclis-i mezkurece icra edilen tahkikat neticesinde mütezahir iken ol-vakit tekrar istihdamı cihetine gidilmiş sehv ve zuhulden munis olacağı bedihi ettiğinden ve ahiren memuriyeti haziresine dahi bin beş yüz küsur kuruş sirkat tahakkuk ederek Eğerçi kabl’el-muhakeme derhal teftiş eylemeyerek beruce meşruh sirkat fiilinin tekrarına binaen bi’l-vücuh devam-ı memuriyeti caiz olmadığından hemen azliyle hakkında takibat-ı kanuniye icrası ve evrak-ı tahkika münderecatına nazaran mahkeme-i aidesine müracaat ve ikame-i dava için evrakının hukuk müşavirliğine tevdi olunması meclis-i mezkureden ifade edilmesi üzerine bin üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Rebiülevvel’inin yirmi yedisinde 7 Haziran sene 319 memuriyet-i haziresinin dahi azledildiği bildirilmiştir.; Zimmet
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1319; 1323; 1325
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97AH 1314 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 400first-salary field |
| 1896 to 1899AH 1314 to 1316 | Posta Memuru | Galata | 400 |
| No annual entry: 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | |||
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Ittihat Posta Memuru | Edirne | 450 |
| 1901 to 1903AH 1319 to 1320 | Ittihat Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 585 |
| No annual entry: 1903/04 (AH 1321) | |||
| 1904 to 1908AH 1322 to 1325 | Muallim | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Muallim | Konya | 400 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97 | 400 | 500 | 350 | 32% |
| 1897/98 | 400 | 500 | 350 | 32% |
| 1898/99 | 400 | 500 | 387.5 | 31% |
| 1900/01 | 450 | 500 | 450 | 43% |
| 1901/02 | 585 | 500 | 400 | 67% |
| 1902/03 | 585 | 500 | 400 | 66% |
| 1904/05 | 400 | 450 | 38% | |
| 1905/06 | 400 | 475 | 38% | |
| 1906/07 | 400 | 450 | 39% | |
| 1907/08 | 400 | 300 | 56% | |
| 1908/09 | 400 | 350 | 51% |
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.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Hüseyin Rasim EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 6 shared years
- Mehmet Galip EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 6 shared years
- Mustafa Nuri EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 6 shared years
- Unnamed official (0086_0163: 321)Thessaloniki (Selanik), 5 shared years
- Ömer Rasim EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 5 shared years
226 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Same school recorded
- Ahmet Macit EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Ahmet Tevfik EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Aziz İhsan EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Hüseyin Fahri EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Hüseyin Hüsnü EfendiDarüşşafaka, first annual entry 1896/97 (AH 1314)
202 officials in all. Officials with Darüşşafaka recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet Hamdi BeyIstanbul, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Hayri EfendiIstanbul, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Lütfi EfendiIstanbul, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Münim EfendiIstanbul, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Necati EfendiIstanbul, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Full record
Annual entries (11)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Posta Memuru | Galata | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_155: 307 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Posta Memuru | Galata | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_155: 307 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Posta Memuru | Galata | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_155: 307 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Ittihat Posta Memuru | Edirne | 450 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_155: 307 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Ittihat Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 585 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_155: 307 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Ittihat Posta Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 585 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_155: 307 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muallim | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_155: 307 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muallim | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_155: 307 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muallim | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_155: 307 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Muallim | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_155: 307 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Muallim | Konya | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0091_155: 307 |
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 (18)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Burhanettin Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1294 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | dersaadet | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | dersaadet | 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 | darussafaka | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 12 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Telegraph school (recorded code) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1314 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1896 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | istanbul | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Hırsızlık / harp mektebi hademesi Murat Şahin tarafından mektup derununa konulan yüz kırk kuruşluk banknotu sirkat eylediği muma-ileyhin ifadesinden anlaşıldığından bin üç yüz on yedi senesi Zilhicce’sinin altısında 24 Mart sene 316 idareten azledildiği used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet / Harp mektebi hademesinden Şahin tarafından mektup derununa konulan yüz kuruşluk banknotu sirkat eylediği iddia olunmasına naşi Beyoğlu merkezi müdüriyetince icra kılınan tahkikatı muhtevi evrakın lefiyle mevrud takrir üzerine azlolunduğu ve fakat hakkında takibat-ı kanuniye icra olunmayarak azliyle iktiza kılındığı ve ahiren on beş nefer muhabere memurunun hin-i tayininde muma-ileyhin dahi açıktaki memuriyetiyle beraber müracaatı üzerine 24 Temmuz sene 316 tarihinde nasılsa meclis-i idarece Edirne Posta ittihat memuriyetine tayin edildiği anlaşılmış ise de sirkat fiilinin faili olduğu meclis-i mezkurece icra edilen tahkikat neticesinde mütezahir iken ol-vakit tekrar istihdamı cihetine gidilmiş sehv ve zuhulden munis olacağı bedihi ettiğinden ve ahiren memuriyeti haziresine dahi bin beş yüz küsur kuruş sirkat tahakkuk ederek Eğerçi kabl’el-muhakeme derhal teftiş eylemeyerek beruce meşruh sirkat fiilinin tekrarına binaen bi’l-vücuh devam-ı memuriyeti caiz olmadığından hemen azliyle hakkında takibat-ı kanuniye icrası ve evrak-ı tahkika münderecatına nazaran mahkeme-i aidesine müracaat ve ikame-i dava için evrakının hukuk müşavirliğine tevdi olunması meclis-i mezkureden ifade edilmesi üzerine bin üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Rebiülevvel’inin yirmi yedisinde 7 Haziran sene 319 memuriyet-i haziresinin dahi azledildiği bildirilmiştir. other value | 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 | 1319; 1323; 1325 | 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.
- 8 annual entries of 11 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.