İsmet Efendi

İsmet Efendi was born in Sarajevo (Saraybosna) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). 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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 26 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 28 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Posta Memuru in Galata, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Galata, the salary going from 50 to 120 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Galata). In 1899/1900 the record shows Mevrude Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 120 to 110 kuruş a month (before: Sevk Kalemi in Galata). No annual entry is recorded for 1898/99.

The highest salary, 310 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Mevrude Memuru. 31 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 9 years with a salary the median is 190 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 70 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 22.47 per cent a year on average.