Ahmet İzzet Efendi

Ahmet İzzet Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Memur.

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 1882/83 (AH 1300). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 11 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows İstatistik Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month (before: Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul). The title field holds the status word Tekaud for 1902/03.

The highest salary, 150 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as İstatistik Kalemi. 4 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 10 years with a salary the median is 80 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 60 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.61 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when less than 1 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.