Mehmet Ali Efendi

Mehmet Ali Efendi was born in Arapgir in 1848/49 (AH 1265). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 1870/71 (AH 1287): Defteri Hakani Kalemi. The official was then about 21 years old. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1870/71, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1870/71, shows Tapu Kitabeti in Drama, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1872/73 the record shows Tapu Kitabeti in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 200 kuruş a month (before: Tapu Kitabeti in Drama). In 1874/75 the record shows no title (before: Tapu Kitabeti in Thessaloniki). In 1878 the record shows Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Istanbul, with 250 kuruş a month (before: no title). In 1879/80 the record shows DH Baskitabeti in Mazgirt, the salary going from 250 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Istanbul). The title field holds the status words İstifa for 1871/72 and 1873/74; Lağv for 1882/83.

The highest salary, 380 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1879/80 as DH Baskitabeti. 22 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 7 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 130 kuruş, is seen in 1879/80. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.49 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1881/82, when 20 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.