Mahmut İsmet Efendi

Mahmut İsmet Efendi was born in Trabzon in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

First work is recorded in Giresun in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhabere Memuru in Giresun, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Samsun, the salary going from 500 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Giresun).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Muhabere Memuru. 44 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 5 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 5.43 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.