Salih Safi Efendi

Salih Safi Efendi was born in Bitlis in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as mudur.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Hakkâri (Çölemerik) in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhabere Memuru in Doğubayazıt (Bayezid), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mosul (Musul), the salary going from 320 to 550 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Doğubayazıt).

The highest salary, 550 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 64 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 230 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 16.36 per cent a year on average.