Ahmet Servet Efendi

Ahmet Servet Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1864/65 (AH 1281). 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 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 Bafra in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Muhabere Memuru in Karadeniz Ereğli, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sivas, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karadeniz Ereğli). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Sivas, the salary going from 380 to 495 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sivas). In 1905/06 the record shows 3. Müdür in Ayvacık, the salary going from 540 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Sivas).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as 3. Müdür. 67 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 16 years with a salary the median is 390 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 115 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.74 per cent a year on average.