İsmail Efendi

İsmail Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Sultanin ozel hizmetlisi.

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 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878, shows Icmal Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1884/85 the record shows Masarifat Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 200 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Icmal Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1892/93 the record shows Merkez Masarifat Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 350 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Masarifat Kitabeti in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Merkez Masarifat Kitabeti. 70 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 23 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 110 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.49 per cent a year on average.