Mehmet Galip Efendi

Mehmet Galip Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kolagasi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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 Erzurum in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Muhabere Memuru in Pasinler (Hasankale), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 300 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pasinler). No annual entry is recorded for 1891/92.

The highest salary, 515 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere Memuru. 61 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 15 years with a salary the median is 325 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 110 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.67 per cent a year on average.