Hafız Ahmet Muhtar Efendi

Hafız Ahmet Muhtar Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 20 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Sicil Kalemi in Istanbul, with 20 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Mukayyit in Istanbul, the salary going from 130 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Sicil Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1903/04 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 175 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 375 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Sevk Kalemi. 35 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 10 years with a salary the median is 140 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 175 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 38.5 per cent a year on average.