Mehmet Enver Efendi

Mehmet Enver 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 Rusumat Muduru.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 14 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: English, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 400 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1897/98 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 700 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir). In 1902/03 the record shows Hukuk Kalemi in Beyoğlu, with 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 80 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 9 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.48 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 46 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.