Mehmed Ata Efendi

Mehmed Ata Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). 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 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 45 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 45 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Vezne Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 255 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Vezne Kitabeti. 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 13 years with a salary the median is 100 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 245 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 22.22 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 52 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.