Mehmet Vahit Sıtkı Efendi

Mehmet Vahit Sıtkı Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: Arabic, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Aleppo in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 450 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1875/76, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1875/76, shows Posta Memuru in Silifke, with 450 kuruş a month. In 1876/77 the record shows Posta Memuru in Şanlıurfa (Urfa), the salary going from 450 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Silifke). In 1879/80 the record shows Posta Memuru in Aleppo, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Şanlıurfa). In 1880/81 the record shows Posta Memuru in Adana, the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Aleppo). In 1883/84 the record shows Posta Memuru in Misis, the salary going from 475 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Adana). In 1887/88 the record shows Posta Memuru in Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Misis). In 1888/89 the record shows 2. Müdür in Antakya, the salary going from 500 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Jisr al-Shughur). In 1892/93 the record shows 1. Müdür in Zor, the salary going from 800 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Antakya). In 1896/97 the record shows Müfettiş in Ankara, the salary going from 1,200 to 1,800 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Zor). In 1898/99 the record shows Müfettiş in Aleppo, with 1,800 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Ankara). In 1902/03 the record shows Müfettiş in Beirut (Beyrut), with 1,800 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Aleppo).

The highest salary, 1,800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as Müfettiş. 96 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 29 years with a salary the median is 800 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 600 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.08 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 95 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.