Ahmet Efendi

Ahmet Efendi was born in Tekirdağ in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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 Tekirdağ in 1903/04 (AH 1321). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muharrerat Memuru in Tekirdağ, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1908/09 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kilisekule, the salary going from 150 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muharrerat Memuru in Tekirdağ).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1908/09 as Muhabere Memuru. 26 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 350 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1908/09. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 10.76 per cent a year on average.