Mehmet Aziz Efendi

Mehmet Aziz 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 Binbasi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 380 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1884/85 the record shows Tahsilat Kalemi in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Tahsilat Kalemi. 76 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 13 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.83 per cent a year on average.