Ahmet Efendi

Ahmet Efendi was born in Omurtag (Osmanpazarı) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). 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 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 Gönen in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhabere Memuru in Dinar, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Malkoclar, the salary going from 200 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Dinar).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 51 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 2 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 150 per cent a year on average.