Ahmet Efendi

Ahmet Efendi was born in Bartın in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 1875/76 (AH 1292). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878/79, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878/79, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Keşan, the salary going from 100 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Şarköy, the salary going from 400 to 475 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Keşan). In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Malko Tarnovo (Tırnovacık), the salary going from 475 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Şarköy). In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Malko Tarnovo). In 1895/96 the record shows 3. Müdür in Keşan, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Uzunköprü). No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1886/87 as Muhabere Memuru. 42 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 17 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.93 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1895/96, when 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.