Mustafa Efendi

Mustafa Efendi was born in Çatalca in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Banka Memuru.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Çatalca in 1900/01 (AH 1318). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sancaktepe, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Turbedere, the salary going from 200 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sancaktepe). In 1907/08 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Silivri, the salary going from 380 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Turbedere).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Muhabere Memuru. 63 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 7 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 180 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 23.22 per cent a year on average.