Mehmet Necip Efendi

Mehmet Necip Efendi was born in Tuna in 1857/58 (AH 1274). 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 Sevlievo (Servi) in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1875/76, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1875/76, shows Muhabere Memuru in Pristina (Priştine), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1876/77 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pleven (Plevne), with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pristina). In 1878 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bakırköy, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pleven). In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bakırköy). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo (Halep), the salary going from 570 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır). In 1887/88 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Mersin, the salary going from 450 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo). 2 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beirut (Beyrut), with 750 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Sidon (Sayda)). In 1895/96 the record shows 2. Müdür in Sidon, with 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beirut). In 1896/97 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Jerusalem (Kudüs), the salary going from 750 to 675 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Sidon). In 1898/99 the record shows 2. Müdür in Tarsus, the salary going from 675 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Jerusalem). In 1903/04 the record shows 2. Müdür in Zile, the salary going from 700 to 720 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Tarsus). No annual entry is recorded for 1901 to 1903.

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as 2. Müdür. 76 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 28 years with a salary the median is 560 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.05 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 77 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.