Şeyh Mehmet Efendi

Şeyh Mehmet Efendi was born in Diyarbakır in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Posta memuru.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1905/06 (AH 1323). The official was then about 30 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1906/07, the official was about 31 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1906/07, shows Tatar Cavusu in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1909/10 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Yeni camii postanesi, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Tatar Cavusu in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Seyyar Memur. 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 4 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.72 per cent a year on average.