Ahmet Efendi

Ahmet Efendi was born in Terkos in 1839/40 (AH 1255). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Terkos in 1867/68 (AH 1284): Vukuat Kalemi. The official was then about 28 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 350 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1871/72, the official was about 32 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1871/72, shows Vukuat Kitabeti in Terkos, with 350 kuruş a month. In 1872/73 the record shows Memur in Karacaköy, the salary going from 350 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Vukuat Kitabeti in Terkos).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as Memur. 36 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 10 years with a salary the median is 462.5 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 70 kuruş, is seen in 1874/75. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.45 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1879/80, when 42 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.