Mehmet Muhyittin Efendi

Mehmet Muhyittin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as imam.

Schooling recorded: Mülkiye Mektebi (School of Civil Administration), with 14 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 Istanbul in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Posta Memuru in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 375 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 730 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhasebe Kalemi. 79 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 19 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 125 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.46 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 77 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.