Mehmet Talat Efendi

Mehmet Talat Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Memur.

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 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Sicil Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Mübeyyiz in Istanbul, the salary going from 300 to 320 kuruş a month (before: Sicil Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Mübeyyiz. 56 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 18 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 15.74 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1911/12, when 25 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.