Mehmet Şahin Efendi

Mehmet Şahin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

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 1882/83 (AH 1300). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows 3. Müdür in Göynük, the salary going from 250 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), the salary going from 500 to 250 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Göynük). In 1901/02 the record shows 3. Müdür in Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop), the salary going from 250 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). No annual entry is recorded for 1899/1900.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as 3. Müdür. 46 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 14 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.76 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.