Süleyman Mazhar Bey

Süleyman Mazhar Bey was born in Istanbul in 1878 (AH 1295). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Tahrirati Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 300 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1896/97.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Tahrirati Ecnebiye Kalemi. 51 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 11 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 125 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.75 per cent a year on average.