Mahmut Efendi

Mahmut Efendi was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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: Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Thessaloniki in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). 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 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, with 250 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 39 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 4 years with a salary the median is 380.5 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 130 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 16.96 per cent a year on average.