Mehmet Midhat Efendi

Mehmet Midhat Efendi was born in Ankara in 1859/60 (AH 1276). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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 Ankara in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878/79, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878/79, shows Posta Memuru in Ankara, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Ankara, the salary going from 200 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Ankara).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1880/81 as Muhasebe Kalemi. 34 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 4 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 25.99 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1881/82, when 31 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1882/83 (AH 1300): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.