Mehmet Tahir Efendi

Mehmet Tahir Efendi was born in Arhavi in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 33 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 36 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Seyyar Memur in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 150 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Istanbul). In 1905/06 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Bitola (Manastır), the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Seyyar Memur. 67 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 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 350 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 31.95 per cent a year on average.