Mehmet Salih Efendi

Mehmet Salih Efendi was born in Ceyhan (Hamidiye) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Muallim.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Büyükada, the salary going from 250 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Haydarpaşa, the salary going from 400 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Büyükada). In 1905/06 the record shows Müdür Vekili in Haydarpaşa, the salary going from 450 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Haydarpaşa).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Müdür Vekili. 67 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 13 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.25 per cent a year on average.