Ali Kazım Efendi

Ali Kazım Efendi was born in Gelibolu in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Muduru.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Izmir (İzmir) in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Muhabere Memuru in Manisa, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1885/86 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Aydın, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Manisa). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Izmir, the salary going from 380 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Aydın).

The highest salary, 590 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as Muhabere Memuru. 72 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 15 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1893/94. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.82 per cent a year on average.