Mustafa Sadettin Efendi

Mustafa Sadettin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as binbasi.

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 Trabzon in 1905/06 (AH 1323). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1908/09, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1908/09, shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1909/10 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Giresun, the salary going from 250 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 275 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 20 per cent a year on average.