Unnamed official (43_96; 189)

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 60 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Mübeyyiz in Istanbul, with 60 kuruş a month. In 1907/08 the record shows Musevvit Kalemi in Istanbul, with 470 kuruş a month (before: Mübeyyiz in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1910/11 as Musevvit Kalemi. 53 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 20 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 12 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 80 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.88 per cent a year on average.