Mehmet İhsan Efendi

Mehmet İhsan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1867/68 (AH 1284). 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 Istanbul in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Memur in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1886/87.

The highest salary, 550 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Memur. 65 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 19 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1889/90. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.47 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.