Mehmet Macit Efendi

Mehmet Macit Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as imam.

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 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Mukayyit in Kadıköy, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Posta Memuru in Üsküdar, with 50 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Kadıköy). No annual entry is recorded for 1902 to 1904.

The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Posta Memuru. 10 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 50 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 110 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 25.99 per cent a year on average.