Ahmet Efendi

Ahmet Efendi was born in Elazığ in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Baalbek in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 800 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kalatzemder, with 800 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tabuk (Tebük), with 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kalatzemder). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Nablus, the salary going from 800 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tabuk).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as Muhabere Memuru. 86 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 8 years with a salary the median is 800 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 13.07 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.