Mehmet Burhanettin Efendi

Mehmet Burhanettin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1888/89 (AH 1306). 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 1904/05 (AH 1322). 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 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1905/06, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1905/06, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1907/08 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa), the salary going from 100 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 350 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Muhabere Memuru. 52 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 100 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1907/08. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 87.08 per cent a year on average.