Mehmet Mesud Efendi

Mehmet Mesud Efendi was born in Ankara in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Suvari Tahsildari.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Ankara in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sarikoy, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Mümeyyiz in Ankara, the salary going from 250 to 85 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sarikoy). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sivrihisar, the salary going from 85 to 142 kuruş a month (before: Mümeyyiz in Ankara). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kalecik, the salary going from 142 to 242 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sivrihisar). In 1902/03 the record shows Pul Kitabeti in Ankara, with 242 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kalecik).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Pul Kitabeti. 23 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 6 years with a salary the median is 242 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.71 per cent a year on average.