Mehmet İhsan Efendi

Mehmet İhsan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1878 (AH 1295). 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 Istanbul in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Mübeyyiz in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1900/01 the record shows Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul, with 125 kuruş a month (before: Mübeyyiz in Istanbul). In 1902/03 the record shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 125 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul). In 1903/04 the record shows Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1904/05 the record shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 300 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Posta Memuru. 23 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 14 years with a salary the median is 162.5 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.48 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1908/09, when 16 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.