Ahmet Sabri Efendi

Ahmet Sabri Efendi was born in Serres (Siroz) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). 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 Adapazarı in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The official was then about 3 years old. The record gives 13 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in İzmit, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Eskişehir, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in İzmit). In 1902/03 the record shows 2. Müdür in Kütahya, the salary going from 400 to 720 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Eskişehir).

The highest salary, 720 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as 2. Müdür. 77 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 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 320 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 13.32 per cent a year on average.