Mehmet Mekki Efendi

Mehmet Mekki Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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 Kartal in 1906/07 (AH 1324). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1906/07, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1906/07, shows Muharrerat Memuru in Kartal, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1908/09 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Resen (Resne), the salary going from 150 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muharrerat Memuru in Kartal).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1908/09 as Muhabere Memuru. 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 350 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1908/09. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 63.3 per cent a year on average.