Ali Efendi

Ali Efendi was born in Ankara in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Izmir (İzmir) in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Seyyar Memur in Denizli, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Müvezzi in Izmir, the salary going from 500 to 285 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Denizli).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Seyyar Memur. 49 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 12 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 0.47 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 22 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.