Mustafa Asım Efendi

Mustafa Asım Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Tuzla in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Tuzla, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 50 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tuzla). In 1897/98 the record shows Mektubi Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 110 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Muhabere Memuru. 30 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 12 years with a salary the median is 175 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 3.51 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 22 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.