Mehmet Talat Efendi

Mehmet Talat 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 Gumruk Memuru.

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 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 150 to 95 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1887/88 the record shows Butce Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 480 to 550 kuruş a month (before: Butce Kitabeti in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhasebe Kalemi. 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 31 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 14 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 105 kuruş, is seen in 1884/85. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.18 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.