Mehmet İhsan Efendi

Mehmet İhsan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Russian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Fen Kalemi in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1884/85 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Fen Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1887/88 the record shows Posta Memuru in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa), the salary going from 300 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu). In 1890/91 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Mount Athos (Aynaroz), with 700 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Svilengrad). In 1891/92 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Yozgat, with 700 kuruş a month (before: Ittihat Posta Memuru in Mount Athos). 1 further change of title or place follows in the record. In 1898/99 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,500 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Yemen). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sirkeci, the salary going from 750 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Istanbul). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sheikh Said (Şeyh Said), the salary going from 450 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sirkeci). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Canik, with 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sheikh Said). In 1906/07 the record shows Posta Memuru in Yemen, the salary going from 1,500 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Canik).

The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 94 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 26 years with a salary the median is 975 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 1,050 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.7 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 90 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.