Mehmet Selahattin Efendi

Mehmet Selahattin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Baskatip.

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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1900/01 the record shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul). In 1901/02 the record shows Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1893/94.

The highest salary, 450 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Mühimme Kalemi. 45 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 13 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.27 per cent a year on average.