Mehmet Mümtaz Efendi

Mehmet Mümtaz Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Gumruk Memuru.

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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1900/01 (AH 1318). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Galata, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 50 to 100 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Galata).

The highest salary, 115 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Kontrol Kalemi. 4 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 105 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 18.13 per cent a year on average.