Mehmet Emin Efendi

Mehmet Emin Efendi was born in Edremit in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as kolagasi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Akseki in 1904/05 (AH 1322). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1909/10, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1909/10, shows Mülazım in Yenişehir, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1911 the record shows Mülazım in Konya, with 150 kuruş a month (before: Mülazım in Yenişehir).

The highest salary, 150 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Mülazım. Less than 1 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1911, when less than 1 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.