Mehmet Talat Efendi

Mehmet Talat Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1839/40 (AH 1255). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Zenneci.

Schooling recorded: Adliye 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: Arabic, with asina; Persian, with asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1853/54 (AH 1270): Muhasebe Kalemi. The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 90 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1856/57, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1856/57, shows Hazine-i Celile-i Maliye Varidat Muhasebesi in Istanbul, with 90 kuruş a month. In 1857/58 the record shows 1. Müdür in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 90 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Hazine-i Celile-i Maliye Varidat Muhasebesi in Istanbul). In 1863/64 the record shows Müdür in Trabzon, the salary going from 1,500 to 1,750 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Diyarbakır). In 1864/65 the record shows Müdür in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 1,750 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Trabzon). In 1865/66 the record shows Müdür in Çanakkale, the salary going from 2,000 to 1,680 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Diyarbakır). In 1866/67 the record shows 1. Müdür in Çanakkale, the salary going from 1,680 to 1,400 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Çanakkale). 6 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1879/80 the record shows Müfettiş in Pristina (Priştine), the salary going from 1,750 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Shkodër (İşkodra)). In 1881/82 the record shows Müfettiş in Kosova, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Pristina). In 1882/83 the record shows Başmüdür in Trabzon, the salary going from 2,000 to 2,400 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Kosova). In 1884/85 the record shows Başmüdür in Kastamonu, the salary going from 2,400 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Trabzon). In 1890/91 the record shows Mektubi Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 3,000 to 2,140 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Kastamonu). No annual entry is recorded for 1878.

The highest salary, 3,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1885/86 as Başmüdür. 97 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 35 years with a salary the median is 1,500 kuruş a month, with 12 rises and 6 cuts. The largest rise, 1,410 kuruş, is seen in 1857/58. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.48 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1890/91, when 96 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.