Mehmet Talat Efendi

Mehmet Talat Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Binbasi.

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 Istanbul in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Posta Memuru in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 150 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Posta Memuru. 4 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 10.67 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 5 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.