İzzet Efendi

İzzet Efendi was born in Yozgat in 1846/47 (AH 1263). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Yozgat. 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 Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1878 (AH 1295): Rusumat Kalemi. The official was then about 31 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878, the official was about 31 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878, shows Gumruk Kitabeti in Baghdad, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1884/85 the record shows Duyunu Umumiye Memuru, the salary going from 240 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Gumruk Kitabeti in Baghdad). In 1888/89 the record shows Çavuş in Mersin, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Duyunu Umumiye Memuru). In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tarsus, the salary going from 250 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Çavuş in Mersin). In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 400 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tarsus). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tophane, the salary going from 300 to 360 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Galata). In 1903/04 the record shows Mersule Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 360 to 390 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tophane). No annual entry is recorded for 1881 to 1884, 1885 to 1888 and 1896/97.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Muhabere Memuru. 29 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 20 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.01 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 36 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.