Mustafa Efendi

Mustafa Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

Schooling recorded: Feyziye 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 Rize in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Rize, with 200 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 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 11 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.14 per cent a year on average.