Mehmet Fuat Efendi

Mehmet Fuat Efendi was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Ankara in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 12 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1899/1900, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, shows Taahhüt Memuru in Ankara, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ankara, the salary going from 100 to 425 kuruş a month (before: Taahhüt Memuru in Ankara). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Yozgat, the salary going from 425 to 480 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ankara).

The highest salary, 480 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 50 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 6 years with a salary the median is 425 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 325 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 36.85 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1905/06 (AH 1323): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.