Alaaddin Efendi

Alaaddin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Mesayih.

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 Istanbul in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 8 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 50 kuruş a month (before: Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 100 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Mekâtib Memuru. 1 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 4 years with a salary the median is 100 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 20.63 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when less than 1 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.