Ethem Pertev Efendi

Ethem Pertev Efendi was born in Konya in 1872/73 (AH 1289). 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Konya in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Muhabere Memuru in Malkara, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Antalya, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Malkara). In 1896/97 the record shows 3. Müdür in Raqqa (Rakka), the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Antalya). In 1899/1900 the record shows 3. Müdür in Birecik, with 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Raqqa). In 1902/03 the record shows 3. Müdür in Sazaz, with 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Birecik). No annual entry is recorded for 1892/93.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as 3. Müdür. 49 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 11 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.05 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.