Aziz Efendi

Aziz Efendi was born in Ordu in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ciftci.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 1883/84 (AH 1301). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kumluca, with 285 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aksaray, the salary going from 400 to 475 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kumluca). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kumluca, the salary going from 475 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aksaray).

The highest salary, 475 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as Muhabere Memuru. 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 12 years with a salary the median is 342.5 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 115 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.13 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 31 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.