Mustafa Şekip Efendi

Mustafa Şekip Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Doktor.

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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1900/01 (AH 1318). The official was then about 18 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 1901/02, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Bakırköy, the salary going from 150 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Misir, the salary going from 300 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Bakırköy). In 1907/08 the record shows Huk Memuru in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 1,000 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Misir).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 85 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 7 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 700 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 23.22 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 52 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.